They gave the links to go to. You just have to go to the links and download the various rpms for your system. Yes, it is a pain in the tookus, but it isn't like this happens everyday. This was a one time event because someone forget about their SSL certificate.
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 14:49, Nick Kishfy wrote: > Edward Croft: "They have provided a mechanism for those who have paid > for support..." > > Could you please explain the mechanism to me? There maybe something > out there that I am unaware of. While I don't have a need for support > I have spent a substantial amount of money on Enterprise Entitlements. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Croft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:40 PM > To: Red Hat List > Subject: Re: ISO Updates? > > Pardon, the top post, but that is the way this thread is going. > Anyway, > I can see where Red Hat might not feel the need in that they aren't > receiving money in most cases for that iso. They have provided a > mechanism for those who have paid for support, and I might say > graciously for those who haven't, to download the necessary rpms. They > receive no extra money for those ISOs, and indeed the images can be > passed around freely without Red Hat gaining any recompense. I have > eight RHAS systems registered in RHNet along with seven other various > systems. I also have numerous other systems spanning 6.2 on up. I had > to > download the rpms and install just about every version of the rpms. > Yes, > it was bloody inconvenient, but a couple of hours later, I was back to > normal. > Do I think that Red Hat should have had some forsight regarding this > issue, Indeed I do. However, considering what you get for what you > pay, > it is a bargain at half the price. > Ed Croft, RHCE > > On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 14:32, nape wrote: > > no offense intended, but as far as i know, standard business > procedure > > is for businesses to accomodate customers, not the other way around. > > > > inconvenient is a relative term. compared with being able to > download > > a completely up to date iso, i would say the alternative is > > inconvenient. > > > > just my opinion. > > > > - nape > > <>< > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Otto Haliburton > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:25 PM > > Subject: RE: ISO Updates? > > > > > > Yes, inconvenient is the operative word. Who do you think > > they are going to put through gyrations, you are them. They > > would have to create a new version to update the ISO's so > that > > ain't going to happen for this update, so you are going to > > have to live with it. I mean it is not that inconvenient. > > Procedure-download the necessary rpm's. Install the system > > update the up2date then update your system. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick > Kishfy > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:13 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: ISO Updates? > > > > > > > > Well you can't really get it from the RHN (at least not with > > via up2date). Basically as soon as you install a RedHat > distro > > you have to manually download and install an update just to > > connect to RHN. That's fairly inconvenient and something > that > > I would expect from a less mature distro. I think it would > > warrant an ISO update, at least for 9. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Otto Haliburton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:47 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: ISO Updates? > > > > > > > > I don't mean to be nasty, but do you really think they would > > go to the expense of updating the iso's to add a fix that > you > > can get from the rhn? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick > Kishfy > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:41 PM > > To: Redhat General List > > Subject: ISO Updates? > > > > > > > > Has RedHat updated their ISO's to include the new SSL cert > so > > that you don't have to add it to new installations manually? > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
