-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 05 April 2003 10:33, nate wrote: > fred smith said: > > I've been trying since Monday to get into up2date and get nothing but > > "Demo service currently disabled due to high load." I've even written a > > shellscript that retries every 10 minutes. it has been running > > continuously since Monday and has yet to get in. > > > > Is it really that busy, or are they just > > <conspiracy theory alert> > > trying to get us so frustrated that we'll pay for the service? > > </conspiracy theory alert> > > > > Has anyone been able to connect at all this week? > > I haven't but I installed apt-get for rpm last week and it upgraded > a buncha stuff for me when I ran it last night. > > my only redhat system is behind 2 firewalls and a NIDS, and I am the > only person who has an account(home network) so I'm not *too* concerned > about security on it. > > so I reccomend grabbing apt-get and using it when up2date is not > available, or if your really serious about using redhat get a RHN > account. I only have redhat so I can play with it, my main systems > are all debian. > > or you could always get the upgrades the old fashioned way by > downloading them via ftp. > > nate
Hey, I thought I was the only one who can't get thru to RHN...but as nate mentioned, apt-get is a fantastic way to fetch updates...call me a cheap bastard, but I don't wanna spend US$60 when I can save that money for something else :-] Give apt-get a try. You'll love it. - -- Callan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+jxCPnyMhcbScbQYRAhykAJsEzX1jkhAejjyekpDCRJrUNBLUGgCgl7Eh e8KPupW1LkvVNe80cjEHEmY= =hyvk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
