On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 20:11, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:30:13 -0700 > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, > > > > I'm just about to complete my second update from 9.1+plf+texstar to > > 9.2 via urpmi. The order of march is > > Just?!?! :-) I did this a few weeks, maybe a month ago after a > posting on Distrowatch about this technique. I had not found this list at > the time. > > > urpmi.removmedia -a (get rid of all current dbases) > > > > urpmi.addmedia (added cooker cooker-contrib and plf-cooker) > > > > urpmi urpmi (get the new urpmi first it's ability to download install > > and then download more is a big boon. But be prepared for a huge list of > > changes to accompany it as well.) > > I really recommend doing a uprmi.update -a at this point since the new urpmi > and databases work a little differently.
forgot that one. Tried it both ways and it made no difference but it's not a bad idea. > > > > urpmi --auto-auto select --force > > > > why the force ... because signatures in the cooker are all over the > > place, and plf cooker isn't signed with the same sig as the rest of plf > > etc etc and I got real tired of saying y every 3 or 4 rpms. > > You can use the --no-verify-rpm switch as well. I've found that using the > --allow-force switch works better for me, since the dependencies can get > funny with textar and plf rpms that might have a newer numbering than the > 9.2 versions installing. > > > urpmi kernel. > > > > Basic rundown did it work. Yes. Was it quick ... no expect to let > > the box run almost as long as it takes to download a single ISO. Would > > I recommend it to anyone but someone who knows MDK... NO I repeat NO. > > Some rpms won't install because of conflicts with plf or texstar (I > > forced those like kdebase and kdebase-common.) You also need to know > > that things like konsole are seperate and don't get installed here. So > > it's not perfect but dang close. > > A couple other tricks, use telinit 3 to run from a console. When it is all > done, before you reboot, try "rpm -Va | grep miss" to see if any libraries > are missing. I actually had 3 consoles open doing this, with "radio" > keeping me entertained. > > > > Can it be done over the net YES. I've done it twice that way. Once > > here at home (local simulation) and once to a box in a remote office for > > someone. Both times it worked and worked right. Both boxes worked > > afterward and so far no real problems. All configs etc are retained and > > as such there was little if anything to do after. I honestly don't like > > the MDK kde as well as the texstar version (I lose the ability to do > > full modifications of the panel as well as no randar support.) But it > > does seem to start faster. More to come. > > I keep jumping between BlackBox and IceWM. Even on a P4 1.3GHz, 512Mb RAM, > I love the quickness of a simple WM. True but a lot here do use kde. one question why switch once you are in a window manager who ever sees the desktop *grin* I did do the grep miss .... what I found out was that I'd never logged in graphically or directly as root. No errors there on either box of any real consequence James
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