[linux-delhi] Re: [LI] Upgrade to RH 6.1 remotely

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

Kewlness!  Am going to try it tonight and sue Atul if anthing breaks
;-)

-- Raju

>>>>> "Atul" == Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Atul> On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Raj Mathur wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >> 
    >> Anyone know if there's anyway to upgrade a RH 6.0 box to 6.1 in
    >> a system which is located 2500 km away and which I don't have
    >> console access to?

    Atul> ;-) I just did that - I just ftp'd the entire RPMS directory
    Atul> across to a client's machine, and did an

    Atul> rpm -UvhF *.rpm

    Atul> on the system. Upgraded all components without a hitch.

    Atul> However, it did not install stuff that is new and that was
    Atul> not in earlier versions (like glade) - the "F" in the rpm
    Atul> command causes this, which was OK.

    Atul> In general, the difference in 6.1 and 6.0 seems to be
    Atul> primarily at the install level, plus of course all the
    Atul> patches.

    Atul> Atul


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