Upgrading 4.0.1

[Jeff Yowell]

YUM update does not work (and has never worked in YDL). 
I always get a "failover: out of servers to try" message.
So, YDL MUST be updated manually.  Sorry. 


> 
> From: "Jeff Brooks-Manas" <jbrooks-manas at rmcwater.com>
> Date: 2005/04/18 Mon AM 10:43:42 EDT
> To: "Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List" <yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Subject: RE: Upgrading 4.0.1
> 
> OK, so my sound works on YDL 4. That is, I can hear alert sounds, but I
> can't play a CD.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-newbie-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-newbie-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
> Of mckeeir
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 6:44 PM
> To: Eric Dunbar; Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
> Subject: Re: Upgrading 4.0.1
> 
> Yeah, 'yum update' or 'yum upgrade' will do it automatically...i have 
> done it myself...sorry, that must have been confusing..i meant to say if
> 
> you were on YDL 3, you need to change the repos, but you won't if you 
> have 4.0. So, just 'yum update' and you are good to go
> 
> get ready to enjoy working sound!!!
> 
> Eric Dunbar wrote:
> 
> >[apologies for top posting]
> >
> >So you can 'yum update' & 'yum upgrade' your way to 4.0.1 from 4.0
> >without having to fiddle with the ISOs and/or do some pretty
> >convoluted song-and-dance (like taking 3.0.1 to 4.0 without doing a
> >"real" install)?
> >
> >Are any changes required to the yum repositories (aside from perhaps
> >choosing a less busy repository so you can actually complete a d/l)?
> >
> >Eric.
> >
> >On 4/16/05, mckeeir <mckeeir at nb.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>4.0.1 has been public for a little while now. IF you are upgrading
> from
> >>4.0, just make yourself su in a terminal and 'yum update'
> >>If you are using YDL, you will have to change the repository addresses
> >>in your yum.conf file.
> >>If this is the case, I'm sure anyone on here will be glad to give the
> >>urls to you
> >>
> >>Nathan Cashion wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>It seems that the ISOs are available from the YellowDog website
> mirrors
> >>>now, although I haven't seen anything posted regarding this yet.
> >>>http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/yellowdog/iso/
> >>>Are the yellowdog-4.0.1-orion-20050208-install.iso files for real?
> >>>
> >>>How do I go about installing the newer version?  Is there a way to
> just
> >>>upgrade to 4.0.1 or do I have to do a complete install from the CDs?
> >>>      
> >>>
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