For what it's worth, I just updated from RH 8.0 to 9.0 and it worked well.
Read my Windows partition with no problem and I really like the Grub
loader. The updating utility is called up2date and can be called from the
command line. I have been unable to update my current box however because
my system doesn't trust RH's server certificate. Assuming you don't get
the same error it works like a dream. Fetches all packages as RPMs and
installs them in the right place.
E
Edward Iglesias
Technical Services Librarian/ILS Coordinator
J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library
Loyola University New Orleans 504-864-7838
On Fri, 16 May 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 16:59, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > One of my clients has a RedHat box that I need to update. I haven't ever run
> > RH before, and don't know how to update the thing. Yeah, I know I could
> > update individual rpms, but that's a drag.
> >
> > Is there some update utility that I can run and sync to current levels for
> > his versiion (I think it's 7.something)? I seem to remember that such was
> > available from RH for a fee (which is one more in a long list of reasons why
> > don't want to run RH personally). Are there third-party updaters available?
> > Or should I make my client pay for the RH service?
>
> RedHat Network is free for 1 computer. (Well, it used to be free.
> Maybe they changed it.) Upgrading RH from 7.x to 9.0 gives me the
> willies, though.
>
> Doing a fresh install would be easier, I think. (And upgrade to Debian
> at the same time.)
>
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