Me again and forwarding because of lousy ISP.
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Subject: [SLE] Updating stand alone system without an Internet cnx
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:43:56 +0200
From: Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Reply-To: hylton@conacher.co.za
To: SLE
Hi all,
How does Linux determine what updates are available for a system, does
it check the installed software and patches, or is this unique key
generated and stored on the system?
I illustrate with an example below:
PC 1 = no internet connection, unable to be networked
PC 2 = internet connection enabled, able to be networked
All installed systems need to get updates from the internet, whether
they be program or security updates.
Is there a system value that is generated by PC 1 that would be unique
to it? Could this value then be retrieved and put into a web page on
PC 2 and all the updates for PC 1 could be downloaded and burnt to a CD.
I would then like to use this burnt CD to update PC 1, as though it was
connected to the internet. This update CD would include all the software
and security patches that PC 1 requires. This CD would then update the
system from its initial install or from the last time an update CD was used.
Tnx
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