Upgrading from 9.2 to 11.1

user · March 5, 2009, 11:14pm

Hi guys,

Do you know if it’s possible to upgrade from Suse 9.2 to 11.1? Do you have to go to an intervening step? Do you upgrade from 9.2 or do you insert the 11.1 and upgrade from there? Any tips welcome!

Thanks,
Ray

oldcpu · March 5, 2009, 11:16pm

IMHO you should backup up EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING.

And then do a clean install.

Edit: Better yet, try out 11.1 on a sandbox/test PC if you can first, to confirm your favorite apps run.

deltaflyer44 · March 6, 2009, 8:37am

Go with olcpu’s idea, BTW did he say BACKUP EVERYTHING ? You have more chance of something major going wrong via upgrade than just wiping root & installing. Do you have /home on a separate partition ? then all your docs etc should be safe.But BACKUP first

Andy

john_hudson · March 6, 2009, 8:44am

My recollection is that /home was not separate back in 9.2 and also that the default filesystem was Reiser. So a clean install will sort both these out.