On Wednesday 18 September 2002 20.19, Josef wrote:
I am a registered user of Suse 8.0 Professional beta :-).. I am thinking of upgrading to the suse 8.1 professional update when it becomes available but I am unsure as to what it contains. Is it just the dvd with no manuals and can a clean install be made with the update without requiring a previous 8.0 installation? All info on the subject will be appreciated
Assuming 8.1 works the same way as the previous versions, 8.1 professional update will be in every way identical with 8.1 prefessional, with 1 DVD and 7 CDs. The only difference is that the "update" version won't include printed manuals (or to be exact, will only include one printed manual detailing the differences from the previous version). It will allow "fresh" installs. Technically I think you need to own a previous version to be allowed to buy the update, but since SuSE's distribution network where I live is THE PITS and has been for a long time, there is no way for the retailers selling the update (yes you read that correctly. SuSE does not sell here at all. Everything is through a very poorly functioning retail network) to know what I have, so at least here anyone can buy an update. //Anders