On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Jag wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2000, Ulrich Kiermayr wrote:
>
> > Hmm, would be usable but I think of two things:
> >
> > 1. It would be cute to have a script line mkkickstart which generates the
> > config for an Upgrade (easy i think)
> >
> > 2. One might have to make sure if there is enough disk-space for the
> > upgrade, before you launch it. (but how?)
>
> Admitedly, this method of doing remote kickstart upgrades is only really
> practical in a setup where you have many identical workstation machines
> out on the network, or just one or two machines that you can mimic the
> hardware on and test beforehand,
But rpm already knows how to freshen files. Each machine could have a
completely different set of packages and you could still upgrade all of
them with a single set of updated packages. I actually do this quite
often, but it is rolled by hand and only for non-rebooting things.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
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