johnz Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Well, have had Mandriva LE2005 installed now for almost a week. The only real problem was getting my USB modem (sagem f@st-800) up and running, but that is sorted now. The machine is a i686 running Mandriva that i downloaded from here http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29 the top 3 i586 cd's will this cause any problems? just ran my first update utility from the Mandrake Control Centre, and now have the option to update! i have installed all the bug fixes, there was maybe a couple of dozen of those but now im need your advise about the Security updates, there is security updates availible but they amount to a massive 600MB- in all do these all need to be installed? imput appreciated [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Yes. You need to update your system with the seurity fixes. Linux is not invulnerable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Why not do them a few at a time. Select firstly the ones that apply to applications that you use regularly. Since you seem to be using dialup it is not quite so urgent as if you were using ADSL and therefore connected to the net fulltime. Although I am using ADSL, I tend to disconnect the etho link when I am not using the net to provide greater security but I also download ALL security fixes but this is not a difficulty with ADSL anyway. Keep in mind also that these updates have accumulated since the OS was first released, so once you catch up then there will just be a trickle from there on. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnz Posted September 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 thanks for the replys, will now install the updates little by little may give the kernel-source a miss though because it looks like a newer version and thus wont be able to complie any software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 You only really need the Kernel-Source if you are going to do a Kernel compile or if you are using Nvidia drivers directly from nvidia. Therefore when you decide to upgrade your Kernel then you need to install its matching Kernel-Source as well. I am not 100% certain but I do not think changing the Kernel effects rpm package installations at all. I keep updating Kernels and Kernel-Sources and have NEVER had problems with existing packages or newly installed ones. In Windows an installed package can screw up Windows, but in Linux it can't (unless something wilful or particularly stupid is done). Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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