Leap Upgrade 15.6 to 16.0

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Hi

Long time Leap user here.

About to upgrade from 15.6 to 16.0 on my work laptop.
Broken system is not a desirable feature!

Have read the documentation & this forum.

My set up:
Dell laptop
Intel graphics (no nvidia).
No 3rd party repos in use.
Still using dual boot as the occasional need for Windows exists (e.g. to upgrade BIOS).

Just checking:

  • Backup existing data
  • run sudo opensuse-migration-tool

That’s it?

Nothing else I need to check to ensure maximum chance of success?

N.B. The SDB:System upgrade documentation graphic indicates opensuse-migration-tool is “experimental” with the associated caveats !

Many thanks,
Andrew

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Did not indicate Intel family must support V2

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I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with openSUSE Slowroll installed. I removed Windows 10 several months ago as it became EOL.

The UEFI firmware updates can be done via an EFI bootable ISO by creating a bootable USB drive with the EFI file and then booting from it to perform the update, using the One Time Boot Menu (F12):

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000128928/flashing-the-bios-from-the-f12-one-time-boot-menu#

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On my Latitude E5450 I simply copied the BIOS update binary to the ESP and selected it from the boot menu. Newer models should support fwupd.

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Thanks everybody for your great/quick replies!

deano_ferrari:
re: BIOS updates
I’ll have a look at it once I have done this update.
Definitely not a WIndows person.

gogalthorp:
re: Intel graphics
V2 support. Sorry, I do not know what that really means…
sudo lspci -v output, assuming it helps:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 7d02 (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 0cb9
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>

0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P [Intel Graphics] (rev 08) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 0cb9
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 149
        Memory at 501a000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [100] #00
        Capabilities: [110] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
        Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
        Capabilities: [420] #15
        Capabilities: [320] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
        Capabilities: [400] Latency Tolerance Reporting
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

Many thanks again,
Andrew

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V2 is the minimum for 16.0. Meteor Lake is at least V4. I don’t know that there is such a thing as more than V4. These “Vs” are about CPU instruction set additions beyond those supported by the original x86_64 CPUs.

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Technically, Win10 is not EOL. We have one Win10 laptop - we signed up for Extended Updates (it’s free, no cost), which extends Win10 life until Oct 2026.

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Believe it or not, we use Discover to install BIOS updates on our Dell Latitude 5500 laptop (one I’m using now). It’s all point-n-click to update your BIOS - no duel-booting with WIn !!

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Good for you. I ditched it for good.

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Thanks all for your help & replies.
I’ll now get the upgrade sorted that my Sunday work is done…

Have a lovely weekend, depending on where you are!

Andrew