Updates

[Krikket]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Thierry Sayegh wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 05:17, Krikket wrote:.
> >  how do I remove the old kernam, from the harddrive?
>
> rpm -q kernel        	this will return all installed version of the
> kernel
> rpm -e kernel		removes the kernel
>
>
> > Now when I attempt to "ssh foobaz.net", I'm getting a connection refused.
>
> Firewall?

I have one built into the router (that was configured (and tested) to
send ssh requests to the laptop), and had the one on the laptop disabled.
But you might be onto something...  When I switched kernals, I suppose
it's possible that it got activated due to some black magic.  I'll take a
look at it when I get home.

> >  Are there mirror sites that I can use?  And if so, how do I tell up2date to use those servers
> > instead of the default redhat servers?
>
> May i recommend using apt or yum? sneak a peek at
> http://freshrpms.net/apt/ or http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/ --
> Thierry Sayegh <geek at glossolalie.net>

Of course you can!  I'll even listen, although to be honest, I need a 101
on the whole up2date, apt, yum, and whatever else people reccomend for
keeping things current.  (I do understand that there is a GUI rpm that
can be installed, but I don't even know that package's name...)

Have any pointers for the beginner?  (Or, do you mind briefly saying what
these programs do and how to use 'em?)

Thanks!

Krikket