[PlanetCCRMA] upgrading existing cdrom-iso install via http://... bad idea???

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> > Which ccrma kernel? Most probably there has been an update since you
> > first installed and that's why there's kernel related stuff in the
> > upgrade. To make sure you only get what you need you could do:
> > 
> >   apt-get install planetccrma-core
> > (if that is what you originally installed, to check do:
> >   rpm -q -a | grep planetccrma)
> > 
> > That should show whatever needs to be updated kernel-wise. 
> 
> hello and thanks! as i wrote, the first install was indeed an
> planetccrma-core.
> 
> [root@r3z143 apt]# rpm -q -a | grep planetccrma
> planetccrma-2003.10.13-1
> planetccrma-core-2003.09.12-1.rh90
> 
> [root@r3z143 apt]# uname -a
> Linux r3z143.mistral.cz 2.4.22-6.ll.rh90 #1 Wed Sep 10 16:54:02 PDT
> 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> i use the latest RH9 CCRMA iso set, from 2003/10/14.
> 
> > If you _don't_ want to upgrade the kernel (if it ain't broke don't fix
> > it - but beware if your machine is multi-user, there are bus fixed in
> > the latest kernels :-) you could comment out the "planetcore" line or
> > lines in /etc/apt/sources.list, do an apt-get update and try again
> > with the dist-upgrade. That should ommit all the kernel stuff. 
>
> well i would really like to update the whole bunch. do i understand
> correctly that i could try to first only upgrade "planetccrma-core" and
> then see if "apt-get dist-upgrade" does not want to throw all these
> kernels at me??

Yes, that is the best option, first upgrade the kernel and then do the
dist-upgrade. 

-- Fernando