You can use nrh-up2date. A non RedHatNetwork dependent application. Set up your own local server. Its is still dependent upon 1 server being able to access and update from the RHN. http://www.nrh-up2date.org/ It also contains some hints on using up2date more efficiently. Tim Pickard Systems Support Analyst and Administrator 40 Salem Street Lynnfield, MA 01940 p.781-295-0072 f.781-295-0077 tpickard@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Gargiullo Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:18 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: How to get RPMs without up2date? On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 13:52, Bob Gorman wrote: > At 12:56 PM 2/24/2004, Ed Wilts wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:36:11PM -0500, Bob Gorman wrote: > >> The real questions is: How do we get RPMs without the use of > >> up2date? > > > >The real answer is: you don't. > > Hence, RedHat subscribers are locked into an insufficient, proprietary support infrastructure. That's not what I want from a Linux vendor. > Umm..guys... There are people supporting legacy RH. You can use Apt or Yum for updates... or even change the config of up2date to point to another repository -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list