Many thanks Ken
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charlie M. Sent: 23 September 2003 3:34:pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] urpmi --auto-select -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 23, 2003 06:06 am, Ken Walker wrote: Hi Ken; Before anything else, open a super user mode terminal, or in a root console, type urpmi --help. You'll see the flags, syntax and what commands are available and what they do. > All i get when i run > > urpmi --update urpmi.update -a -f <enter> The flags are -a (all matches at the command line) -f (force) > or > > urpmi --update --auto urpmi --auto-select <enter> unless you don't want to see the list of packages before install starts. That's what the --auto flag does. As for the --update or --updates, it really isn't necessary since the only updates will be new package versions through the update directory source you have set up. > is 'everything already installed' > > when i know everything isn't installed :o( ( and that's from a LM8.2 and > LM9 ) Check the software sources you have listed in urpm. The old versions of Mandrake Linux have all been moved to the "mandrakeold" section of the mirrors or some such for those that are still carrying the packages at all. For example, the updates for 8.2 are available at: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake/updates/8.2/RPMS and for 9.0: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS The update packages are likely still available on many of the servers but I know that one works since I used it yesterday to update friends' "data server" for their home LAN. > ps, if it did work, would it upgrade the kernel without giving me an option > not to ? > > Ken I don't recall if 8.2 was the last release that would actually try to update a kernel, or the first that would install a kernel. Regardless, before doing any of the automatic updates I would *strongly* recommend that you download any update kernel and manually install using; rpm -ivh kernel-version number <enter> from a terminal as super user after navigating to the directory you saved the kernel in. That will install the new kernel alongside the existing one so that you can still boot the old one if you have trouble. Then in the same terminal (as insurance) type: /sbin/lilo -v <enter> To get lilo to add the kernel to the boot list. After that's done you can try the urpmi --auto-select again. Good luck Ken; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 08:02:06 up 2 days, 21:21, 1 user, load average: 0.13, 0.07, 0.07 Microsoft Windows didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/cFnTG11CaRuZZSIRApW6AKCnMqGvvtRX/XZ/CECvx+sNtTWl1gCeJAVG ERF42G4Za39H8tBPAd/DJHg= =KMSG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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