Re: Using rug on a stand-alone (no Internet) system?

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 16:28, John Layne wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I need to update a classified system that is a stand-alone system and does 
> not connect to the Internet. I know that I will need to burn a CD with the 
> packages in the red-carpet and RedHat 9 channels. I would then use the 
> mount command to use the CD as a channel. But looking at the red-carpet 
> cache, I believe there are other files that I would need.
> 
> Is there a directory where I could download all packages and related files 
> for this purpose?
> Has anyone else done this? Do you have any pointers for me?

Red Carpet is not designed to be used on a non-networked computer.  The
best solution for you is to find a networked computer with the same
software on it and update with Red Carpet.  You can then copy the rpms
from /var/cache/redcarpet/packages and install them on the non-networked
computer.

Cameron 

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