[cobalt-users] Updating a Qube2 (or other Cobalt box)

[Peter Low <peterlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't see this anywhere in the archives or in Cobalt's resources, and 
wanted to put it out as an FYI for future new Cobalt users.

We recently purchased a Qube2.  Someone on this list recently posted the 
URL http://ftp.cobalt.com/pub/packages/qube2/eng as a source for 
updates.  When I visited the URL, I realized that I did not know which 
updates I should apply, so I asked Cobalt.

The first thing that I noted was that the files listed in my browser window 
at the above URL were in alphabetical order by filename, not in 
chronological order.  Listing in chronological order, the available files were:

CobaltUpdate-Qube2-1.0.pkg   10-Oct-1999 22:13 1.1M
Qube2-Infoplace-2.1.pkg     29-Dec-1999 18:29 9k
Qube2-Security-1.0.pkg      10-Oct-1999 22:13 119k
Qube2-Security-1.2.pkg      10-Oct-1999 22:13 113k
Qube2-Update-OS-2.0.pkg  10-Oct-1999 22:13 10.0M
ShellHistoryPatch-1.1.pkg   10-Oct-1999 22:13 3k
mfg052799.pkg                   10-Oct-1999 22:13 1k
Qube2-Security-2.0.pkg       01-Nov-1999 14:32 4k
Qube2-Security-2.1.pkg       30-Nov-1999 20:38 33k
Qube2-Security-2.2.pkg       30-Nov-1999 20:57 122k
Qube2-Security-2.3.pkg       13-Jan-2000 19:52 53k
All-Kernel_mips-1.0.pkg       13-Jan-2000 20:23 1.6M
Qube2-Security-2.4.pkg       27-Mar-2000 16:00 297k
Qube2-Security-2.5.pkg       27-Mar-2000 16:24 834k
Qube2-Security-2.6.pkg       04-Feb-2000 19:22 10k
Qube2-Security-2.7.pkg       13-Jan-2000 19:38 2k
Qube2-Security-2.8.pkg       12-Apr-2000 17:17 118k
Qube2-en-OSUpdate-3.0.pkg          30-Jun-2000 04:22 5.0M
Qube2-All-System-3.0.1-6541.pkg   09-Aug-2000 21:09 2k
Qube2-All-Security-3.0.1-6579.pkg  14-Aug-2000 16:02 78k
Qube2-All-Security-3.0.1-6682.pkg   21-Aug-2000 17:46 63k


To determine what software was already on my machine, I went to the 
Administrator site for the Qube2, went to the Maintenance area, and 
selected Install Software from the menu at the top of the screen.  The box 
at the bottom of the screen lists the software installed on the 
computer.  I had the following on my box:

Cobalt OS release 4
POP-Authenticated SMTP Relaying Release 1.2
Qube2-security release 2.1
Qube2-update-OS release 2.0


From my correspondence with Cobalt, I believe that OS Updates will fix all 
of the issues that had been fixed by earlier patches.  Thus, if I install 
Qube2-en-OSUpdate-3.0.pkg, I do not need to install Qube2-Security-2.8.pkg 
or any earlier patches.  However, non-OS Updates do not fix all of the 
issues that had been fixed by earlier patches.  Thus, if I install 
Qube2-All-Security-3.0.1-6682.pkg, I still need to install 
Qube2-All-Security-3.0.1-6579.pkg.  With these two rules, I decided that I 
needed to install:

Qube2-en-OSUpdate-3.0.pkg          30-Jun-2000 04:22 5.0M
Qube2-All-System-3.0.1-6541.pkg   09-Aug-2000 21:09 2k
Qube2-All-Security-3.0.1-6579.pkg  14-Aug-2000 16:02 78k
Qube2-All-Security-3.0.1-6682.pkg   21-Aug-2000 17:46 63k


This was confirmed by Cobalt support.

Peter