Yep, that's what I do at home. The trouble for off-net machines is the download time - over 24 hours for CentOS 7 + epel, and then copy over. If you don't grab everything, the one package you miss is the one that stops the update. :-( >-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On >Behalf Of John R Pierce >Sent: 04 February 2015 19:01 >To: centos at centos.org >Subject: Re: [CentOS] multipathd > >On 2/4/2015 6:02 AM, Rushton Martin wrote: >> OS is CentOS 5.3 (yes, I know - upgrade) > >at least patch CentOS 5. 5.3 is a snapshot from 6 years ago (2009), >there've been 6 years of updates to CentOS 5 since that point, both >security and bug fixes. `yum update` would bring you up to CentOS the >.11 update plus security/bug fixes since. > > > >-- >john r pierce 37N 122W >somewhere on the middle of the left coast > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England & Wales: Company Number: 3796233) Registered office: Cody Technology Park, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX http://www.qinetiq.com.