Re[2]: [cobalt-users] updating through a dial up account

[Warren Whitlock <warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:58 PM 6/19/00 +0200, you wrote:
> where does Cobalt recommend it? I wasn't able to find these
> instructions...
>
> > no "do I need to reboot?"...
> So, you didn't have to click on OK to reboot?!


Florian,

I read all the discussions going on here.. realized that WGET would just do 
the same thing as the GUI.. I sit next to my RAQ3, but was at home.. 
figured I could drive down Saturday if things got real hairy... but I'm 
lazy.. I used the dial up from home and went for it.

In the maintenance window, click on INSTALL SOFTWARE.. and then put this in 
the URL box..

http://ftp.cobalt.com/pub/packages/raq3/eng/RaQ3-en-OSUpdate-3.0.pkg

This is so easy, all you really need is the URL. From my Windoze machine, I 
just right clicked on the link on the features page 
(http://www.cobalt.com/support/download/raq3.eng.html) and pasted it into 
the box.

Granted, I was nervous with all the "what if" crap here.. but the package 
can't run till it's transferred... Frankly, I was more worried about the 
contents of the package.. but Jeff Lasman's comments about using it for 
weeks reassured me beyond any doubt.

I don't know for sure on the reboot. I hear the PKG is supposed to do this 
automatically, I wasn't sure if ANYTHING had happened, so I reattached and 
rebooted (maybe the second time).. once I looked at the SOFTWARE ON THIS 
SERVER.. I knew it was right.

I usually like to wait a while to install patches.. but that's because of 
problems with Microsoft patches.. This one was so easy it's embarrassing 
that we worry about it.

Warren Whitlock
InNet Technologies
warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx