i have a question:
is it possible to upgrade 12.2 RC2 to 12.2 final with regular updates if i install openSUSE 12.2 RC2 on my laptop? or i should download install final version again?
On 2012-08-05 11:26, ilAli wrote:
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> i have a question:
> is it possible to upgrade 12.2 RC2 to 12.2 final with regular updates
> if i install openSUSE 12.2 RC2 on my laptop? or i should download
> install final version again?
Yes, but not with regular updates; with a zypper dup.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
and how much is estimated update size in this methode?
which do you suggest: installing RC2 and then updating that to final or installing final release wih clean install?
I always recommend downloading the final version - just in case you need to reinstall or your root partition gets corrupted or drive goes and so on… 
On 08/05/2012 10:36 AM, ilAli wrote:
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> and how much is estimated update size in this methode?
> which do you suggest: installing RC2 and then updating that to final or
> installing final release wih clean install?
I usually start with the MS 4 or 5 version of a new release, and do a clean
install of / on an available partition. In the case of 12.2, it was the one with
11.4 on it. From then on, it is mostly “zypper up” except for the time the repos
change from Factory to the regular ones - then dup is needed. I download the
Live CD when the version is released to put on the shelf, but it is never used
to install the final version. I never download or use the DVD due to the
bandwidth needed.
Note that “zypper dup” will change vendors (aka repo), but “zypper up” does not.
To me, that means that an upgrade from 12.2 RC2 to 12.2 final will not need to
use “dup”, but an upgrade from 12.1 to 12.2 will. When in doubt, one can always
let “zypper up” complete, then run “zypper dup”, and look at the suggested
updates with a critical eye.
On 2012-08-05 17:36, ilAli wrote:
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> and how much is estimated update size in this methode?
Try. It will tell you the estimated size. It is impossible to say in advance, it depends on
what the devs will change, and in what you have installed.
> which do you suggest: installing RC2 and then updating that to final or
> installing final release wih clean install?
If you have already installed RC2 and done things with it, why destroy it? It is up to you.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)