Re: [SLE] SuSE 9.1 FTP is already in mirrors!

From: Anders Johansson (andjoh_at_rydsbo.net)
Date: 06/05/04

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    Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 00:53:04 +0200
    
    

    On Saturday 05 June 2004 00.48, James Knott wrote:
    > Brad Bourn wrote:
    > > I don't think you'll have trouble with the boxed set especially if you
    > > have lan internet with dhcp. During the install process, there will be
    > > an "online-update" to get all recent patches and catch you up to the ftp
    > > before you even finish the install.
    >
    > I wonder if there's an easy way to download & install the updates. My
    > work computer is behind a firewall, that won't allow the online-update
    > to connect.

    online update uses either ftp or http to connect. If you can't do that, you'll
    have to download the update directory on a machine that is allowed to
    connect, and run online update against that instead.

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