Keith, Thank you. I will give it a try. Neal On Thursday 30 May 2002 09:47, Keith Winston wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:17:07AM -0700, neal mcdermott wrote:
So, specifically, my question is:
Can you save online update packages to a cd and then install them from the cd, and if so, how do you do it? I know how to make an iso image and burn it to disk, so that doesn't need to be explained unless there are some tricks to it, but I would appreciate instruction in how to do the rest if it is possible, and, as beginners before me have said, the long version please, if you don't mind.
The patches that you have installed are saved in /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/<pkg-grp>
Although I have never done it, you should be able to save this directory, restore it later and apply the patches manually using rpm to a fresh install.
I don't think this is whole picture, though. I *think* SuSE tracks which patches have already been installed in another file, so that would have to be updated manally as well.
A better approach would be to restore the patches, then start YOU, and let it install them for you. In this case, YOU should be smart enough to see that you already have the patches and not download them again, although it may always download the _list_ of available patches. This is the way I would try it first.
Best Regards, Keith