On 8 Nov 2003, Owyn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 06:30, Simon Oosthoek wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 05:34:16AM +0100, BOUTELIER S?bastien wrote:
> > > - Is it possible to have an ISO of update (in fact a copy of directory > > > - updates with some corrections if needed), and each week the ISO is > > > - updated with the new updates. During the installation, the installer > > > - asks to connect to internet or if the user have a CD to update. I think > > > - you can put new version of installer and kernel on the update CD if > > > - there is a problem so no need to change main ISO if there is a problem. > You can do this now. I created an Update92CD by mirroring the > Mandrake/updates/9.2 tree from ftp.nluug.nl , burning a CD, and using > urpmi.addmedia to add the CD as an update source. This is not the same as he is suggesting; if I recall correctly, you have to reboot at least once (using the newly installed system) in order to be able to update (unless you have a backup system, but then it's pointless anyway). Using his approach, you do not need to invoke any kernels (BOOT and 'regular' ones) which are on the first ISO! For example, we had the problem here that on one box, only the BOOT kernel during install could be used--without network access (third-party driver had to be recompiled) we were lucky to use recue mode and install the -21 kernels from usb stick. I'd highly appreciate if MDK10.0 will support this! (and, whilst wishing: could we finally see a "back" button during install? :) Ad astra, -- Dipl.-Inf. Markus Ueberall Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit�t Tel: (069)798-28361 Fax: -23340 Institut f�r Informatik / Telematik
