I have to Linux machines at my home network. Both are running SuSE 9.3 connected via LAN. One machine(the ultra powered-I call it Penguin) has the access to the net and the other connects to the net via the LAN(I call this Small). I want to make an update to Small with the applications I installed (and libs) from what is installed in Penguin(I have added extra repositories to YaST2 and apt-get for suse, to add many extra apps).

What am I asking is, if this is possible can I add a Yast2 repository to Small so as to update it from Penguin ?(all packages I install are x386 based so even if they have different Intel processors that wouldn' be a problem)

All this I want to do it just for not upgrading Small from the beggining over the internet and since I'm on dial-up(yeah I know sounds like from the stone-age) and ofcourse finding a solution in Linux really excites me(ofcourse I get excited when I land a 360 flip!)

Yes you can. Setup NIS and point to the share from SMALL. To get all packages, make sure the "Remove Source Packages After Update" is NOT checked. Oh and you will have to "reload all patches from server" to get them down. I am having a brain fart on where the directory is. I'll post it later when I have a clear head