--- On Mon, 11/24/08, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: F-10 installs - > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 10:42 PM > Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > > In the near future I intend to replace Fedora 9 with > 10. My bandwidth allotment is limited by the satellite > provider I use so I have been installing the "Live > CD" version and adding to that with yum. I rarely use > the Gnome desktop beyond the initial install, replacing that > with XFCE which works best for me. However it requires a > lot of initial configuration to create what I want. That > can take a week or more to get everything "just > right." > > > > But then I have a second computer to deal with, > similar to this one which will also need the same > configuration. I can easily transfer files between them but > it's still a lot of work and takes nearly as much time > as the first one. There's also a third ... > > > > It seems I must be doing something wrong? Can anyone > suggest the optimum approach? I ideally I should be able to > simply copy directories between boxes/users it seems. > > > I lack the ego to call this the optimum approach, but what > I do with every new RH distro is to change the yum.conf to > leave the rpms on /var/cache/yum. I have a pair of scripts, > one mounts the "master" cache copy on /mnt/cache, > and makes a symbolic link in /var/cache/yum to the saved > RPMs. Then I do an upgrade. Last, I run the other script > which copies the newly downloaded RPMs with rsync (using > --safe-links) back to the master. > > When I do a new install, I use the original 1st install > DVD, then mount the master and run "yum upgrade" > to get up to date. The database is pulled off the net so I > stay current, but no RPM is downloaded more than once. > > This avoids the drawbacks of keeping your own copy of the > repo, having to get stuff you don't use, and having to > keep it current. If what I have isn't current the > current RPM is access on the network, and I never pull > something I haven't used on some machine in the group. > > -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the > incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > > -- fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Think I'll stick with F9 for a while! I've heard 4-5 stories so far. Best story: run preupgrade F9->F10 and continue yum updates "We have far more to fear from the vanity of the arrogant than from the foolishness of the wicked." - from Me -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
