[GLLUG] RHN... the Red Hat Notwork

[Sean]

any reason why you just cant grab the rpm and install it? The RH network 
is their payware software update. But there is nothing that says you have 
to use it, cant grab the individiaul rpms you would like to upgrade or 
install it by hand..

Sean 

On 1 Aug 2002, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes:
> 
> > I discovered today that you can only update the software for one RedHat
> > machine at a time!  Apparently, unless you pay, the up2date updater will
> > only work on the single machine that you have enabled via the website,
> > and if you aren't a paying customer, you can't do any updates during
> > time of heavy load (like right now, *grumble*).
> 
> Why not use a Red Hat mirror, then?  Is there some reason that
> only ftp.redhat.com will do?  (I know little about Red Hat so
> that's a serious question.)  Personally, I use mirrors.kernel.org
> for Debian (800kB/s from here), but it also carries Red Hat.
>