Update OpenSuse 10.0 to 10.1 only with yast?

Hello Folks,
ich really new to OpenSuse Linux, I used Slackware/ Debian the last
years ago . I`ve read that tomorrow (11th May) there`s a new update to
OpenSuse 10.1. My questions is, can i make am complete update to this
version with yast or must i download the new cd`s?

thank you for your replies!

Patrick

On 05/10/2006 Patrick Schwarz wrote:
> ich really new to OpenSuse Linux, I used Slackware/ Debian the last
> years ago . I`ve read that tomorrow (11th May) there`s a new update
> to OpenSuse 10.1. My questions is, can i make am complete update to
> this version with yast or must i download the new cd`s?

You should be able to update, but from the CDs/DVD.
Yast's "System Update" isn't meant to upgrade to a new release.

The best way IMHO is to have your /home on seperate partition, then do a clean install without formatting the /home partition. That's what I do. If you want to upgrade, boot from the most recent CD/DVD and select the upgrade option. Me, I have sufficient bandwidth; I download the network installation boot image, burn it, boot from it and upgrade over the web. It is a matter of 2 hours here.

BTW, don't hold your breath tomorrow: I doubt all mirrors will be in sync upon the release, downloading may be a bit slow for a couple of days.

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:
> On 05/10/2006 Patrick Schwarz wrote:
>
>>ich really new to OpenSuse Linux, I used Slackware/ Debian the last
>>years ago . I`ve read that tomorrow (11th May) there`s a new update
>>to OpenSuse 10.1. My questions is, can i make am complete update to
>>this version with yast or must i download the new cd`s?
>
>
> You should be able to update, but from the CDs/DVD.
> Yast's "System Update" isn't meant to upgrade to a new release.
>
> The best way IMHO is to have your /home on seperate partition, then do a clean install without formatting the /home partition. That's what I do. If you want to upgrade, boot from the most recent CD/DVD and select the upgrade option. Me, I have sufficient bandwidth; I download the network installation boot image, burn it, boot from it and upgrade over the web. It is a matter of 2 hours here.
>
> BTW, don't hold your breath tomorrow: I doubt all mirrors will be in sync upon the release, downloading may be a bit slow for a couple of days.
>
> Uwe
>

ok, thank you for your information!

Cheers,
Patrick

> On 05/10/2006 Patrick Schwarz wrote:
> > ich really new to OpenSuse Linux, I used Slackware/ Debian the last
> > years ago . I`ve read that tomorrow (11th May) there`s a new update
> > to OpenSuse 10.1. My questions is, can i make am complete update to
> > this version with yast or must i download the new cd`s?
>
> You should be able to update, but from the CDs/DVD.
> Yast's "System Update" isn't meant to upgrade to a new release.
>
> The best way IMHO is to have your /home on seperate partition, then do
a clean install without formatting the /home partition. That's what I do.
If you want to upgrade, boot from the most recent CD/DVD and select the
upgrade option. Me, I have sufficient bandwidth; I download the network
installation boot image, burn it, boot from it and upgrade over the web.
It is a matter of 2 hours here.
>
> BTW, don't hold your breath tomorrow: I doubt all mirrors will be in
sync upon the release, downloading may be a bit slow for a couple of
days.
>
> Uwe
>
> --
> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.

I hope you're wrong about the upgrades. It's past time for upgrades to
work reliably. The other OS has had very reliable upgrades for 10+ years.

Here's hoping.

On 05/12/2006 Someguy@null.xxx wrote:
> I hope you're wrong about the upgrades. It's past time for upgrades
> to
> work reliably.

Oh, it does work reliably, no doubt. But you cannot upgrade a running system through Yast, you *must* boot from the CD/DVD of the newer release.
My other box got updated twice this way, and I'll try it again with Suse 10.1 next week.
But it does leave a lot of dead files, renamed by the upgrade process, that's why I prefer the clean install.

Uwe





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On 12.05.2006 02:14, Someguy@null.xxx wrote:

> I hope you're wrong about the upgrades. It's past time for upgrades to
> work reliably. The other OS has had very reliable upgrades for 10+ years.

Well, I don't know. If you are talking about the other OS I am thinking
of, the thing that worked most reliably when trying to upgrade was the
message telling you that you needed to buy a different version for that.
And in hindsight, I consider these cases the luckier ones, considering
the trouble I had when the upgrade process actually ran.

SCNR
T.

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