On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 06:30, Simon Oosthoek wrote: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 05:34:16AM +0100, BOUTELIER S?bastien wrote: > > > > - Is it possible to have an ISO of update (in fact a copy of directory > > - updates with some corrections if needed), and each week the ISO is > > - updated with the new updates. During the installation, the installer > > - asks to connect to internet or if the user have a CD to update. I think > > - you can put new version of installer and kernel on the update CD if > > - there is a problem so no need to change main ISO if there is a problem. > > - Naturally, the ISO is optional for the install but it can be very useful > > - for those who haven't internet. > > > > I like this idea, sometimes it's not possible to connect to the internet > (e.g. if you have dhcp as only option and bug #5669 isn't fixed yet) > or if you're installing a standalone machine. Whenever you download the > distribution you always have the most uptodate packages. > > Of course sometimes a CD is faster than an internet connection and sometimes > it's not possible (or too difficult) to create a local mirror if you have a > lot of machines to update (lame excuse, I know, but it might help newbies ;-) > > Cheers > > Simon > > You can do this now. I created an Update92CD by mirroring the Mandrake/updates/9.2 tree from ftp.nluug.nl , burning a CD, and using urpmi.addmedia to add the CD as an update source.
The CD is used to support dial up users.
