Am 16.11.2011 um 19:07 schrieb Nataraj:
On 11/16/2011 02:21 AM, Rushton Martin wrote:
One exception is those machines behind a firewall that does not allow downloads. The only upgrade path then is to download on another machine and burn DVDs. CR repos are not helpful in such a case!
Unfortunately, I don't know of any distros that cater to anyone with that level of security requirement anymore (or even someone who just didn't have an Internet connection). There used to be distros where you could receive updates monthly on a CDROM. Nowaday's all distros that I'm aware of require internet access. I believe Apple has stopped offering CD's or USB sticks of their OS and instead offer a BIOS that knows how to install over the Internet.
No, you can still by Mac OS on an USB-stick.
IMO, not letting machines download updates even from an internal, non-public mirror is just brain-dead. Sure, you can put that same mirror onto a large USB-stick, walk up to the machine and do a local yum-update. But that really does not scale at all. It's a mis-use of the sysadmin's most precious resource: time.