Has anyone tried this tool? It's relatively new apparently and is on
FreshMeat.
Here's the link. Apparently it installs all updates and dependencies and
reports on what was done to the sysadmin...
I guess it is text based and will be included in LM 8.0
--Matt
White Bear Lake, MN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Horsfall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update fails
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Dan LaBine wrote:
>
> > Dave, I concur with Romna,...download the updates seperately from
multiple
> > sites if necessary. Then install them in a logical sequence. Here's a
tip
> > that saved me a few times - When installing the KDE updates, make sure
that
> > you're running Gnome, and not KDE. In Drakconf, disable as many services
as
> > possible,...keep only those absolutely required to run your PC , then do
a
> > full reboot to unload the disabled services and daemons, and then do
your
> > updates. Try using Kpackage instead of the "software-updater", and be
> > prepared to jump on the net to grab associated libraries from
www.rpmfind.net
>
> Good advice; thanks!
>
> > One other thing,...if you have a CD burner, burn all the updates to CD,
in
> > case you need to re-install everything later. I've been doing this for a
> > month or so, and it's really paid off having the updates on hand.
>
> Yeah, the thought had occurred to me, after downloading the same packages
> for the umpteenth time... And I pay for incoming traffic, too.
>
> -- Dave
>
>
>
