Offline Updates -- Howto From Cd/dvd If Possible

Hello all,

I have a lot of customers, especially not in the US that have no internet connection available to them.
I know that this day and age its hard to believe but there are still a lot of places with no internet.

Is it possible to create an update CD/DVD that I can take with me and run YOU on their system to still
update openSuSE 10.3 to the latest versions available.

If so, can someone tell me where I can find the information on how to do this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
crubel

I've seen suppliers that provide update CD/DVDs, e.g. lankum.com. I don't know how they are made, maybe they just dump the entire update directory onto the media, as I have online update.

Hello all,

I have a lot of customers, especially not in the US that have no internet connection available to them.
I know that this day and age its hard to believe but there are still a lot of places with no internet.

Is it possible to create an update CD/DVD that I can take with me and run YOU on their system to still
update openSuSE 10.3 to the latest versions available.[/b]

There are a couple of ways to do this.

One is described HERE.

The SUSE version is an older one, but the process is the same. I used a variation of this before I had broadband at home by using an external USB hard drive and taking it to work, then running rsync to download the changes. All I had to do when I got home was plug it in and run the YOU updater. Worked great.

If you wanted to make a CD or DVD from the portable mirror that should not be that hard to do since you will already have the directory tree downloaded. All you should have to do is make a DATA CD from it and you will be good to go.