I have not updated my running SUSE 10.2 in a long time. The updating stopped working and I have basically ignored it. I believe the paths to update are incorrect. What paths do I need to install, Where/how do I install them?
Welcome
10.2 is a long time out of support. Current version is 11.3 and 11.4 is due in March. Open Suse only supports the current and previous 2 releases.
Not even security updates??
No because openSUSE is a community distribution; if you want long term support you need to install the enterprise versions, SLES or SLED, depending on your needs.
Because there have been so many changes in openSUSE since 10.2, you will need to back up /home, any mysql databases and anything else which is not in /home that you want to keep. Then do a completely fresh install and allow the installer to reformat your old drive - as I think openSUSE was still using Reiser with 10.2 but now uses Ext4. If you have KDE3 installed, some but not all of the settings will migrate - you will have to make some manual adjustments to import everything to KDE4.
The good news for you is that the Tumbleweed project [opensuse-project] Announcing openSUSE Tumbleweed project](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2010-11/msg00206.html) aims from 11.4 to provide a rolling distribution while the Evergreen project (search the forums for more information) is exploring the possibility of relatively long term support.
On 2011-01-12 09:06, dsc3507 wrote:
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> Not even security updates??
No. Nothing at all.
Unless by SUSE 10.2 you mean SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, version 10,
service pack 2, in which case it is supported, and this is the wrong forum.
By the way: it is possible to upgrade openSUSE without installing fresh, if
you have some experience.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
On Wed January 12 2011 02:06 am, dsc3507 wrote:
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> Not even security updates??
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dsc3507;
As has been pointed out OpenSuse 10.2 has not been supported for over two
years. There was one late update for bind due to the severity of the risk.
If there are only a few packages you need to update, you can often download
source from a current version and build 10.2 rpms or just compile for 10.2.
The easiest path is to just upgrade to a newer version.
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P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
Not correct. SuSE offers ext3 since at least 10.0, also existing ReiserFS-partitions would still be supported. So there is no need to create a new /home.
My recollection is that openSUSE did not have a separate /home partition until 10.3 but maybe I have misremembered.
At least 10.1 did. Note that is the default install option you could and can always have or not have a separate home You just need to configure the install the way you want it.
Don’t get me wrong, but guessing wildly does not help anyone. I use the same /home since SuSE 10.0; it is separate (I don’t think there ever was a SuSE-version that did not set up separate partitions) and ext3.
On Thu January 13 2011 12:36 pm, gropiuskalle wrote:
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> “john_hudson” Wrote:
>> My recollection is that openSUSE did not have a separate /home partition
>> until 10.3 but maybe I have misremembered.
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> Don’t get me wrong, but guessing wildly does not help anyone. I use the
> same /home since SuSE 10.0; it is separate (I don’t think there ever was
> a SuSE-version that did not set up separate partitions) and ext3.
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gropiuskalle;
SUSE LINUX-9.2 (professional) had a default instillation without a
separate /home. Of course you could create such, just not by default. The
default format was ReiserFS. I believe you are correct for OpenSuse.
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
venzkep, thank you for the info - I am using SuSE since version 10.0, so I wasn’t sure for the versions before.
Thanks venzlep - I remembered starting using SUSE without a separate /home - perhaps I missed the original change to a separate /home because I updated rather than reinstalled for the first openSUSE version.