Re: [suse-sles-e] Installing SLES10 SP1

From: Michael Folsom (mwfolsom_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 06 2007 - 03:42:43 CEST


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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:42:43 -0600
From: "Michael Folsom" <mwfolsom@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] Installing SLES10 SP1

Sorry for the spello - I meant to say "upgrade a quiet system"

M-

On 7/5/07, Michael Folsom <mwfolsom@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmmmmmmmm.........
>
> I'm not sure I recommend that -
>
> I really wouldn't use the YAST upgrade feature, I tried it on a SLES10
> box and the results were not pretty - it worked with SLES9 but 10 is a
> different beast.
>
> I think its best to boot it off a SP1 CD./DVD and upgrade a quite
> system using the new kernel and system on the CD/DVD..
>
>
> M-
>
> On 7/5/07, Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@gwdg.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Michael Folsom wrote:
> >
> > > By-the-by, you can use the CD's or DVD to simply do an upgrade on a
> > > existing SLED/SLES system - just choose upgrade rather than a new
> > > install during the instillation process after booting from the SP1 DVD
> > > or CD #1 -
> > >
> > > Works like a charm -
> >
> > You can even do it within the "living" system:
> >
> > YaST2 -> Software -> System Update
> >
> > (of course only after changing the installation sources properly).
> >
> > But after upgrading to SP1, "System Update" is no longer available.
> >
> > BTW: did all of you realize that since SP1 appeared no more updates for GA
> > will be published (not even security updates)?
> >
> >
> > Viele Grüße
> > Eberhard Mönkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de, em@kki.org)
> >
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