RE: [SLUG] RH6.2 Product ID, anyone ?

[Dave Kempe]

> mount /mnt/cdrom
> > rpm -FUvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/*
> > reboot
> >
> > (What the "F" does is "Only upgrade if the package is already
> installed")
> > You also find that rpm will take an __age__ to generate the
> dependiences file.
>
> If he's at the point where forward compatibility for rpms was broken
> this won't work, surely.

Surely they have fixed the upgrade option in the installer.
I have never tried it but I'd swear there is an upgrade option in the
installer for Redhat.
Wouldn't that be the better way?

dave



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