Thanks Mathhew. Zen and are were having issues. SMART is faster and works. Bill Anderson
Matthew Downs wrote: > Hello Kevin. :) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi List; >> >> I posted to the suse-linux-e list with no response. Maybe that was the >> wrong list to start with? >> >> Yesterday pulled down the remastered 10.1 DVD ISO and installed 10.1 >> on a laptop I have to see if Its ready for me to upgrade. The install >> went fine however I am somewhat confused by the new zen updater >> instead of my SuSE Watcher. >> >> So, I have a few questions: >> >> - Does the zen updater pull only patches & fixes like the SuSE Watcher >> did ? If not where do I now get these types of updates? >> >> - What's the best way to update my system, does the zen updater do it >> all ? or is there a better/easier to manage method? >> >> - Both zen updater and Yast Sources only list my DVD drive. Where can >> I find a list of 10.2 repositories for both the zen updater and yast ? >> Do they both accept the same repos? >> >> I guess the short question is - how do I keep my system up to date and >> where can I find step by step (im kinda slow) documentation on how to >> configure my new 10.1 box for updates? >> >> >> Thanks in advance... >> >> /Kevin >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > When you installed the system, did you test your network configuration > by, first, downloading the new release notes and, second, configure the > updater (can't remember the exact wording of this step...but you should > have noticed a bit of a wait while your machine setup a local update > repository for your system)? If you did those things, then Zen is good > to go for keeping your system up to date with critical patches and whatnot. > > The rest of your system (i.e. latest versions of programs like amaroK > and such), though, still needs some configuration. My suggestion would > be to check out Guru's version of SMART package manager. Download the > program and the GUI rpms from his site and install them using Zen. (You > can, of course, install the version of SMART that came with the SUSE > DVD, but Guru's version has some repository information already > included, which the SUSE version does not).) Then open up SMART, which > is under Utilities->Configuration. In SMART, click on the icon with two > blue arrows on the left, which will update the repo package info, and > then click on the icon with the green arrow, which will update your > system. Sit back while it does its thing, and after it's done you'll be > good to go. > > Hope this helps. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > . > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
