> A few months ago I downloaded all the updates and loaded them onto a CD. > Now a colleague want to set up a system off line (that may go online > to a bandwidth limited account later). > > What I want to do is loan him my CD and have, say, yum use the CD to > update his system? > > Alternatively is ther some sort of shell script that I can use that will > check that he has a particular package installed then upgrade it if > necessary. > > Does rpm -U -all check packages first? > > Michael As far as I know yum will not update from a cd. It uses the download repositories to download and update your system via rpm. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
