* oeren@ykb.com;
Now i'm downloading with cuteFTP from ftp.suse.com. I'll create the cd as mentioned in the doc. I'll copy the files in i386/update/8.1/patches. Please warn me if i'm wrong. These patch files are very little files with no extensions; named like e.g. bind8-13986, directory, etc.
i386/update/8.1/ direcyory is currently toganm@earth:~/projects/sfnet/suse/articles> du -hs /usr/local/update/i386/update/8.1/ 621M /usr/local/update/i386/update/8.1
But there are also patch.rpm's (and also full rpm's) on i386/update/8.1/rpm directory. I think i also have to install them to update my system. I'm confused. Do i need both patch files & rpm's? Which one does yast use when making patch-cd update?
toganm@earth:~> l /usr/local/update/i386/update/8.1/ drwxr-sr-x 6 455 73 144 Nov 6 15:17 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 toganm users 96 Jan 3 08:01 ../ drwxr-sr-x 2 455 73 328 Dec 9 14:41 disks/ drwxr-sr-x 2 455 73 2952 Dec 20 19:30 patches/ drwxr-sr-x 6 455 73 144 Oct 25 16:25 rpm/ drwxr-sr-x 2 455 73 120 Oct 15 15:25 scripts/ ../disks directory holds the files like bootdisk and modules (used for installation ../patches directory holds the files which are actually descriptions for YOU to display the information and also includes where the file is located i586 or i686 ../rpm has the following structure drwxr-sr-x 6 455 73 144 Oct 25 16:25 ./ drwxr-sr-x 6 455 73 144 Nov 6 15:17 ../ drwxr-sr-x 2 455 73 43320 Dec 20 19:30 i586/ drwxr-sr-x 2 455 73 224 Oct 25 16:33 i686/ drwxr-sr-x 2 455 73 10128 Dec 5 19:07 noarch/ drwxr-sr-x 2 455 73 144 Oct 24 19:01 nosrc/ since some patch rpms are noarch (archirecture independant) and some have nosource available ../scripts directory has the extra files needed (ie PRO Office CD installation script) So basically you need all these directories but AFAIK downloading only the files *.patch.rpm will make YOU happy since the way YOU works is it will only install the patch if the previous version has already installed on the system. Due to the size of the download and the directory structure I have found rsync a valuable tool as after the very first run it will only download the differences saving bandwidth Hope the above helps. -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx