> Then my stupid question: How hard would it be to update these core > packages with on short boot from cd/dvd (~5 min) and install/update all > the other packages at the next start parallel to a normal (or > restricted) login session? +1. If it's too much trouble to support a real online update, then could we reduce the downtime to a minimum ? Thanks for your explanations. Aurélien -- http://gauret.free.fr ~~~~ Jabber : gauret@xxxxxxxxxxxxx echo '16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D4D465452snlbxq' | dc