Up2date with no internet connection

Hi,
Thank you for reply.

I cant understand what should i download from RHN.
Should i download the last Red Hat version which include the RPM's (Iso
file) or can i download the RPM's as package?

Thanks,
Gal


"Michal Jaegermann" <michal.RemoveThis@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca> wrote in message
news:eln4qf$m2k$3@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
> gal_m <gal_m.RemoveThis@rad.com> wrote:
>>
>> How can i update my linux server without connecting it to the internet?
>> Is it possible to download everything to a cd, burn it and then install?
>
> Yes, as long as you are able to fit that "everything" on a cd.
> Copying update package files to a directory on your disk may give
> you more flexibility; again, if you have enough space to spare.
>
>> If so, how should i do it?
>
> Mount it, change to a directory with your packages and do
>
> rpm -Fvh *.rpm
>
> Possible problems:
> - some updates may depend on not installed yet packages
> from a base installation; add those to your set if required
> - some packages may have few versions - say for i386, i586 and
> i686; you need only _one_ but you grabbed them all and you
> are getting conflicts; well, don't do that
> - you got "command too long" or something of that sort.
>
> In the last case it is possible to split your updates into
> groups but doing that "by hand" will likely be a trial-and-error.
> Install 'createrepo' instead, read its docs, use it and write
> yourself a config file for yum which is using only local directory.
> It will have 'baseurl=file:///path/to/your/repo' and
> 'reposdir=/dev/null' (and other stuff as usual). Use that with
> 'yum -c ...' to get yum to do dependency resolution for you.
>
> Michal

gal_m <gal_m DeleteThis @rad.com> wrote:
>
> I cant understand what should i download from RHN.

RHN? What you are really running and what are your real goals.
RHN is a "subscribers only" service for RHEL users and is different
than, for example, yum repositories used by those who use Fedora
or CentOS (to stay within "Red Hat derivatives").

> Should i download the last Red Hat version

Version of what?

If you are thinking about a release upgrade then installations
sets on CDs, or DVDs, are designed to be used stand-alone and
include all tools which will guide you through the process.

In general it is also not a very good idea to try to do a release
upgrade, as opposed to updating various packages within a release,
by updating a bunch of individual packages. It may work but
you better know really well what you are doing and how to recover
if you messed up the whole installation - which is very easy to do.
None of vendors will support such trickery as there is too many
variables which you need to be prepared to handle on your own.

We were talking about applying current updates to what you happen
to be running.

> which include the RPM's (Iso
> file) or can i download the RPM's as package?

The way you asked your question it does not matter. A file
is a file regardless on what kind of filesystem it is located.
Can you really find iso images with "running updates" for your
distro? This does not seem to be a popular item.

Michal

gal_m wrote:
> Hi,
> Thank you for reply.
>
> I cant understand what should i download from RHN.
> Should i download the last Red Hat version which include the RPM's (Iso
> file) or can i download the RPM's as package?
>
> Thanks,
> Gal
>
>
> "Michal Jaegermann" <michal.TakeThisOut@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca> wrote in message
> news:eln4qf$m2k$3@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
>
>>gal_m <gal_m.TakeThisOut@rad.com> wrote:
>>
>>>How can i update my linux server without connecting it to the internet?
>>>Is it possible to download everything to a cd, burn it and then install?
>>
>>Yes, as long as you are able to fit that "everything" on a cd.
>>Copying update package files to a directory on your disk may give
>>you more flexibility; again, if you have enough space to spare.
>>
>>
>>>If so, how should i do it?
>>
>>Mount it, change to a directory with your packages and do
>>
>> rpm -Fvh *.rpm
>>
>>Possible problems:
>> - some updates may depend on not installed yet packages
>> from a base installation; add those to your set if required
>> - some packages may have few versions - say for i386, i586 and
>> i686; you need only _one_ but you grabbed them all and you
>> are getting conflicts; well, don't do that
>> - you got "command too long" or something of that sort.
>>
>>In the last case it is possible to split your updates into
>>groups but doing that "by hand" will likely be a trial-and-error.
>>Install 'createrepo' instead, read its docs, use it and write
>>yourself a config file for yum which is using only local directory.
>>It will have 'baseurl=file:///path/to/your/repo' and
>>'reposdir=/dev/null' (and other stuff as usual). Use that with
>>'yum -c ...' to get yum to do dependency resolution for you.
>>
>> Michal
>
>
>
Hi gal_m,


You can download the latest update iso's, but you can also download the
latest packages. The package rpm's are most of the time newer than the
update ISO's.


Kind regards,


Jan Gerrrit Kootstra

Le Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:42:38 +0200, gal_m a écrit :

> Hi ,
>
> How can i update my linux server without connecting it to the internet?
> Is it possible to download everything to a cd, burn it and then install?
> If so, how should i do it?
> Thanks,
> Gal

Hi!

Try Yum, it is a package management system compatible with Redhat/rpms
wich allows you to update your system via a local repository (a simple ftp
or httpd directory containing some rpms). It will upgrade only the
installed packages and solve the depencies problems for you.
you can use it later to install other packages,it is an 'apt like'
system, where you can search/browse/install/upgrade packages.

=Gilles=