Re: up2date - why does it take so long???

From: Rotariu Bogdan (bogdan_at_alterox.ro)
Date: 02/27/04

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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:27:30 +0200

    use a mirror
    http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html
    edit /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Todd Wolcott" <lionofdharma@yahoo.com>
    To: <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:59 PM
    Subject: up2date - why does it take so long???

    > I am running FC1 on a PIII 733 with 128 MB of ram.
    > FC1 runs generally well on my machine, but up2date has
    > never worked well. My connection is on the backbone
    > of a major U.S. research university, so speed is not
    > an issue.
    >
    > I just reinstalled FC1 from CD. Of course, there
    > were a ton of updates in the Red Hat Network Alert
    > tool. When I run up2date, it takes forever. Most
    > of the updates are coming at about 10-15k per second.
    >
    >
    > I know there are other tools out there to run updates,
    > like yum, but I want something that is automatic. I
    > am the type of linux user that doesn't want to touch a
    > command line. I am not in the computer field, I just
    > have a geek streak in me that is attracted to linux.
    >
    > 1) Why is up2date so slow? Is there something to
    > speed it up, like chances where the updates come from?
    >
    > 2) What tools out there are there to run automatic
    > updates?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Todd
    >
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