White box update issues

esabacz · 08-11-2004, 06:56 PM

hey guys, i'm new to this form and to linux, just kinda need some help from someone alot smarter than me. i have installed white box linux and everytime i try to use the u2dater for it, no mattter witch mirror i tell it to you ( i have changed to most of the ones that can be found under vi souces) it still just freezes and never updates, just kinda contiously searches for updates.?? any suggestions.

squirreldogger · 08-13-2004, 08:15 AM

If you are using Respin 1, try updating with yum.

yum update
yum upgrade

Also if you are using the version prior to Respin 1, yum ( or even apt for that matter) can be installed.

I also had trouble with up2date on whitebox and fedora.