Re: [cobalt-users] RPM Newbie Hell

[Brent Sims <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Hostmaster so wrote:

} Okay, so where's the readme on what all these are and the instrucitons on
} installing them.

	About the only thing I can suggest for "readme"'s is to
point your browser towards http://rufus.w3.org and look them up by
name. The individual entries have an explination in their listing.

	As for installing them about the only thing I can recomend
is the following 10 step proceedure:

	1)  Decide what you'll do if the install messes something up
	2)  load rpm onto cobalt
	3)  su to root
	4)  type rpm -i <rpm-name>
	5)  Kiss server goodbye (just in case)
	6)  Close eyes
	7)  Hit Enter
	8)  Pray
	9)  Open eyes
	10) Determine if the installation worked
	
	Seriously, RPMs are great and 99 percent of the time things
will work out just the way they should. But, never forget,
installing software on a production server is a very dangerous
undertaking. Things can and sometimes will go wrong.

	While I realize this is not always possible, it's best
to install all the bells and whistles on a server before you put it
to work.

	Peace be with you,
	
	Brent
	
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