Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-13 Thread Lee Flier
Just wanted to thank you guys for answering my questions... my RH8.0-->9 upgrade went perfectly. All of my previous settings appear to have been retained, and I'm quite impressed. Red Hat Network also recognized automatically that I had upgraded, and subscribed me to the RH9 channel. About the o

Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-12 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 11:07:26AM -0400, Lee Flier wrote: > > Also, if the kernel is updated using up2date, is it automatically > > recompiled or do I still have to do that? > > It's automatically recompiled. Or more precisely, up2date installs a pre-compil

Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-12 Thread Edward Choi
If you are using up2date, everything will be done for you. Of course, you need to reboot for the new kernel. Cheers. On 12/07/03 11:07 -0400, Lee Flier wrote: > On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 09:14, Ed Wilts wrote: > > Within a given release, like 8.0, Red Hat guarantees binary > > compatibility. That m

Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-12 Thread Ed Wilts
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 11:07:26AM -0400, Lee Flier wrote: > Also, if the kernel is updated using up2date, is it automatically > recompiled or do I still have to do that? It's automatically recompiled. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambas

Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-12 Thread Lee Flier
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 09:14, Ed Wilts wrote: > Within a given release, like 8.0, Red Hat guarantees binary > compatibility. That means that the primary focus for the Red Hat > Network (RHN) is security patches, and not feature releases. Ah OK, that clarifies things quite a bit. > It just

Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-12 Thread Ed Wilts
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 01:55:46AM -0400, Lee Flier wrote: > Hi all - > > I am new to the Red Hat scene, and I'm a bit confused by the upgrade and > support system. It's a bit hard to tell what's going on by looking at > the web site. > > I originally purchased RH 8.0 and then subscribed to the

Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-12 Thread gregory mott
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 06:55, Lee Flier wrote: > If it is in fact different, I also see that one can download the ISO > images for 9.0 from RHN... however if I do that, and install 9.0 as an > upgrade, will I then have access to the RH9 "channel" on RHN? Will RHN > "know" that I have upgraded and w

Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-11 Thread Lee Flier
Hi all - I am new to the Red Hat scene, and I'm a bit confused by the upgrade and support system. It's a bit hard to tell what's going on by looking at the web site. I originally purchased RH 8.0 and then subscribed to the Red Hat Network for a year. I've been getting the live updates as they b