Re: [cobalt-users] Update raq 4i

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Rich,

You wrote

> My question is:  If I download everything on the updates page and put them
> into the /home/updates directory, will it cause any problems or is the
> package management smart enough to know where to start loading?
>
> I just don't want to break anything, but I am anxious to get updated so I can
> install SSH and stop having to enable telnet.

You can install everyting with out downloading and then reloading to your
server.

Goto http://www.cobalt.com/support/download/ and sellect the Raq4 English and
that will explain a few things for you.

Here are some notes:
1) Start with the oldest one and read the short instructions - look for anything
that says to remove the old version first but usually you don't have to do
that.  Sometimes the package is so large that it says to download and then
upload it to your server's /home/packages directory.
2) Right Click on the link and choose copy link location
3) Open a new browser window and login to your admin GUI interface and select
the maintenance section from the left.  Then select Install Software section
from the top.
4) Select the upload option and in the box press "Control V" to paste the link
information that you just copied.
5) Click Install PKG package and wait until it is done.

A few of these packages will want to reboot your system and that usually means
that your system will be down for a few minutes before it is available.
Therefore you may want to do it at night so that the traffic is minimal.  I did
this once during the day and got about 20 calls because my clients could not get
their e-mail for a few minutes.

I hope this helps.
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John D. Gorena
PC and Internet Marketing Consultant
http://www.JMG-Enterprises.com
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