It is my experience that up2date doesn't work at all.
I have a registered copy of 6.1 and I cannot access the support site cause I
registered it a while ago and the support I am "entitled" to has expired.
Support could not make this software work and now will not support the
product so I simply put up2date in the "not worth worrying about"
department.
All in all I was suprised at how "Microsoft like" the support from RedHat
was, this list and the www are still the best resources of support. RedHat's
site is as useful as Bills. The registering is way too confusing and I was
never sure what I actually was registering for anyway. I don't see you are
missing much at all, certainly nothing worth paying for anyway.
Anyway that is my rant, if someone can explain that up2date is a valid tool
and does actually work I also would be interested to hear about it.
At the very least it flat out did not work from the CD and did need an
update, maybe there is an update for the update somewhere.
Kevin
BTW thanks for all the help I have received from this list to date.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject: up2date
> Ok, Bero....
> Lemme ask this: According to the RedHat web page, "To use
> Update Agent, you must first register your copy of Red Hat
> Linux 6.2. " However, to register RedHat 6.2, you have to
> purchase a copy. You can't register a copy you burned
> yourself from an ISO you downloaded. Trust me, I've tried!
>
> Is this "up2date" a sneaky way of forcing people who want
> an easy way to update stuff to purchase a copy? What the
> heck is the use of having an ISO if you're going to make us
> BUY a copy just to use the blasted update agent???
>
> I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but I'm getting VERY
> frustrated. I'm on the 4th or 5th attempt to use up2date to
> update my installation of RH6.2 and it keeps crashing and/or
> freezing. This is NOT good, Bero! I really expect better
> from RedHat!
>
> Further, we can't use any server but RedHat's, apparently,
> because every time I try to use one of the mirrors I get an
> error connecting to the server. So, what's the deal,
> Bero.... I'd LOVE to use up2date to update my installation,
> but if it's for "registered users only" what the heck is
> the use of having it in the ISO in the first place, since
> we can't register a copy we've burned ourselves!!!
>
> IF this turns out to be a "registered-only" feature of RH,
> I say you folks need to let us register a home-made CD for
> a SMALL fee (since we're providing the media and the time
> to download and burn the cd ourselves!) of maybe $5 or $10.
>
> I don't mind supporting RedHat, but I sure as heck don't
> appreciate you folks *apparently* putting a registered-only
> feature in something we can download and burn ourselves!
>
> Again, my apologies if I misunderstand.
> John
>
>
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