RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Jim Wilferling
Alright, so I'm annoyed. Just learning linux, and I've gone through 7.2, 8.0, and was anticipating 8.1. so now there's 9.0, so whatI've tried to install 8.1 beta rpms, and there were worse problems than there were with 8.0. So we copeI'm not about to switch distros so quickly,

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Willem van der Walt[EMAIL PROTECTED]
is there a way to mount a disc image without it being on a disc? ( I dont have a burner.) mount -tiso9660 disk.iso /mnt/cdrom -o loop -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Michael A. Peters
Not very fancy - but it works (attached shell script). At some point I plan to add an option to specify the mount point if /mnt/iso doesn't exist - but simple as it is, I never got around to it ;) On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 01:39, Willem van der Walt wrote: is there a way to mount a disc image

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Michael A. Peters
The biggest problem you might run into is some config files in your home directory that have changed spec, but that has only happened to me once - I think when going from a pre 1 version of gnome to a much newer one. If that happens - just delete the config file. What you want to do - copy these

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 02:12:39AM -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote: The biggest problem you might run into is some config files in your home But these are not binaries and is true of almost any upgrade anyway... What you want to do - copy these files to a floppy: /etc/shadow /etc/group

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread John Nichel
mount -o loop -t iso9660 isofilename mountpoint Jim Wilferling wrote: Alright, so I'm annoyed. Just learning linux, and I've gone through 7.2, 8.0, and was anticipating 8.1. so now there's 9.0, so whatI've tried to install 8.1 beta rpms, and there were worse problems than there were with

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Mike Vanecek
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:36:02 -0800, Jim Wilferling wrote Alright, so I'm annoyed. Just learning linux, and I've gone through 7.2, 8.0, and was anticipating 8.1. so now there's 9.0, so whatI've tried to install 8.1 beta rpms, and there were worse problems than there were with 8.0.So

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:56:44AM -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote: Does all this discussion mean that no RH 8.1 will be released? Correct. Please see http://www.matrixlist.com/pipermail/leaplist/2003-March/029087.html If one goes from 8.0 to 9.0 should it be from scratch (argg...)? If not, will

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Jim Wilferling
It's not 9.0. It's 9. I believe that Red Hat is still supporting upgrades - i.e. you can upgrade in place from 8.0 to 9. The documentation will be out soon - it's always released at the same time as the product so in a week you can check for the definitive, supported approach. Ok, this

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 11:09:11AM -0800, Jim Wilferling wrote: When you say update in place, does that mean rpm -U ? Not really. I mean pop in the CD (or use one of the other installation methods like NFS or FTP) and do an upgrade. Yes, I know i should just be getting a burner. But I'm lazy,

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Ben Russo
Ed Wilts wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:56:44AM -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote: Does all this discussion mean that no RH 8.1 will be released? Correct. Please see http://www.matrixlist.com/pipermail/leaplist/2003-March/029087.html If one goes from 8.0 to 9.0 should it be from scratch

Re: RedHat 9.0 - The Practical Side

2003-03-25 Thread Mike Vanecek
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:51:32 -0500, Ben Russo wrote Ed Wilts wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:56:44AM -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote: Does all this discussion mean that no RH 8.1 will be released? Correct. Please see