Optional update for linuxrc

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(Last modified: 15NOV2007)

solutions Optional update for linuxrc SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (e7626093f9642c72d780c5533e517f58)

Applies to

Package: linuxrc
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Open Enterprise Server
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
Patch: patch-11598
Release: 20071115
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Install if you create your own installation media.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Changes tftp client code to bind to different port for each connection to not confuse different tftp sessions (#187745).
Sometimes linuxrc does a DHCP release too early, leaving it without an IP address (#221865).
Adds a 'delparttable' command that can be used to delete the partition table to work around a problem updating sles8 systems (#229339).
linuxrc used to detach scsi devices in some cases to ensure usb storage devices are enumerated last. That's not really a good idea and has been turned off now (#326671).

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Uvh linuxrc.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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