[RULE] What should go in the RULE install guide?

Michael Fratoni mfratoni at tuxfan.homeip.net
Mon Mar 31 05:14:29 EEST 2003


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On Sunday 30 March 2003 08:34 pm, Eugene Wong wrote:
> Michael Fratoni said:
> >This isn't as difficult as you've been lead to believe.
>
> Actually Michael, I *really* beg to differ on that, because rpm's
> implementation ftp is *very* unreliable. If I recall correctly, then a
> missed rpm could actually mean redoing the entire process from the
> beginning, including the hardware configuration. I haven't used your
> scripts in a while, so I don't know what it is like now, & this was
> never meant as a criticism to you or your scripts [old or new]. It's
> just that if rpm fails, then most things need to be done again. No
> offense intended.

No offense taken. 
With a reliable connection to a good server, it isn't too difficult. Over 
a dialup connection, or during periods of high latency, it can be a 
nightmare. All my testing is done using a server on my internal network, 
so I haven't seen any missed packages.

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