10.3 update to 11 question

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#1

Hi ive finally decided to make the jump from 10.3 to 11.0

ive got a cd that came with linux format magazine

but i wanted to update rather than clean istall and it doesnt give me an option to update

i was wondering if anybody knew if i can use this cd to update or if it can only be used to do a clean install?

thanks

#2

My situation is the same. I would like to upgrade my SuSE 10.3 to 11.0. I have Windows XP running on the other partition. So far, so good. What is the Linux version upgrade procedure which will retain current Linux configuration and Windows XP, of course?

Thanks some guru in advance!

Zilvinas

#3

IMHO, you would be better off upgrading via the dvd, there is more chance of things going wrong when upgrading via cd

Andy

#4

In practice you cannot use the CDs to update; if you want to update you need the DVD.

If you want KDE 4 you can get either the stable or the factory version.

Personally, I have just downloaded KDE 4 and am going to wait to 11.1 as it is coming so soon.

#5

Regarding the 11.0 DVD download???

I downloaded last night and burned a DVD this morning but it only consumed 383.x MB. I must be missing something as the downloaded CD consumed 667.x MB.

Restating the OP’s question: assuming one had 10.3 installed. How does one go about UPDATING it to 11.x as I too only the the “Install” options and proceeding further into that option wants to delete all my existing partitions (I have three hdd’s).

Suggestions/advise/recommendations for everyone’s good?

Thanks :confused:

#6

rmariotti wrote:
> Regarding the 11.0 DVD download???
>
> I downloaded last night and burned a DVD this morning but it only
> consumed 383.x MB. I must be missing something as the downloaded CD
> consumed 667.x MB.
>
> Restating the OP’s question: assuming one had 10.3 installed. How
> does one go about UPDATING it to 11.x as I too only the the “Install”
> options and proceeding further into that option wants to delete all my
> existing partitions (I have three hdd’s).
>
> Suggestions/advise/recommendations for everyone’s good?

Did you download to Windows? Sometimes, their downloads are modulo 4
GB, which is about right. I remember a thread about this roughly 2
weeks ago. Search the forums for it. Of course, you CANNOT use a FAT
file system, and you will need to download with a torrent.

Larry

#7

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:23:46 GMT
AndrewjBarratt <AndrewjBarratt@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> Hi ive finally decided to make the jump from 10.3 to 11.0
>
> ive got a cd that came with linux format magazine
>
> but i wanted to update rather than clean istall and it doesnt give me
> an option to update
>
> i was wondering if anybody knew if i can use this cd to update or if it
> can only be used to do a clean install?
>
> thanks
>
>

Are you talking about the initial menu that comes up? Boot to hard disk,
install, repair, rescue… etc??

Just choose Install. You’ll be prompted to choose between upgrade or new
install later.

But you’d be very much better off if you’d download the full DVD from the
torrents or direct download.

Loni

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