Multiple road bumps on the way to Leap 42.1

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I am running openSUSE 13.2 in VMware Workstation Player 12. I am trying to upgrade to openSUSE Leap 42.1. I should start off by saying how much of a pain in the ass it is to not have a graphical way to perform a system upgrade on openSUSE (like on Ubuntu) or at least a single terminal command (also like on Ubuntu with do-release-upgrade).

I followed the instructions for upgrading from 13.2 to Leap 42.1 listed on this page. I chose not to remove my third-party repositories. Here is the state of the screen:


linux-a2s1:~ # sed -i 's/openSUSE_13\.2/openSUSE_Leap_42\.1/g' /etc/zypp/repos.d/*
linux-a2s1:~ # sed -i 's/13\.2/leap\/42\.1/g' /etc/zypp/repos.d/*
linux-a2s1:~ # zypper rr repo-update repo-update-non-oss && zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.1/oss/ openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update && zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.1/non-oss/ openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss
Removing repository 'openSUSE-leap/42.1-Update' ..........................................................................................................................................[done]
Repository 'openSUSE-leap/42.1-Update' has been removed.
Removing repository 'openSUSE-leap/42.1-Update-Non-Oss' ..................................................................................................................................[done]
Repository 'openSUSE-leap/42.1-Update-Non-Oss' has been removed.
Adding repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update' ............................................................................................................................................[done]
Repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update' successfully added
Enabled     : Yes                                               
Autorefresh : Yes                                               
GPG Check   : Yes                                               
URI         : http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.1/oss/

Adding repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss' ....................................................................................................................................[done]
Repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss' successfully added
Enabled     : Yes                                                   
Autorefresh : Yes                                                   
GPG Check   : Yes                                                   
URI         : http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.1/non-oss/

linux-a2s1:~ # zypper refresh
Retrieving repository 'UEFI Secure Boot (openSUSE_Leap_42.1)' metadata ...................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'UEFI Secure Boot (openSUSE_Leap_42.1)' cache ........................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update' metadata ...............................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update' cache ....................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss' metadata .......................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss' cache ............................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-leap/42.1-0' metadata ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/]
Failed to mount cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VMware_Virtual_SATA_CDRW_Drive_01000000000000000001 on /var/adm/mount/AP_0x0om4al: Mounting media failed (mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0)

Please insert medium ] #1 and type 'y' to continue or 'n' to cancel the operation. [yes/no] (no):

Installed repositories on operating systems should have no dependency on their installation medium! At this point, I hit Ctrl+C to exit interrupt the process.

The source of this problem would seem to be the file /etc/zypp/repos.d/penSUSE-13.2-0.repo. The contents of it after running the above commands are:


[openSUSE-leap/42.1-0]
name=openSUSE-leap/42.1-0
enabled=1
autorefresh=0
baseurl=cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VMware_Virtual_SATA_CDRW_Drive_01000000000000000001
path=/
type=yast2
keeppackages=0

Why is the base URL referring to the CD drive? Do I have to reattach the openSUSE 13.2 installation ISO to the VM? (If I do, then this is a pretty dumb upgrade procedure.)

Is that file necessary? Is that line right? What do I do to continue my system upgrade?

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Hi
Surprised you have not disabled it before now… it’s not needed so either delete or disable via zypper or YaST.

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Because you told it to refer to CD drive.

this is a pretty dumb upgrade procedure.

It does exactly what you told it to do. So yes, it is dumb - it cannot read your mind and magically transform what you said into what you meant.

Is that file necessary?

If you have downloaded Leap DVD, having it inserted would probably speed up update and avoid downloading large amount of data from Internet. If you do not have Leap DVD, why have you configured repository on DVD?

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You have got different options:

  1. Upgrade via Leap DVD
  2. Upgrade via zypper dup

Both directions are upgrading all the packages with Leap repos in the internet, because you have installed most likely additional software. You can choose.