John Denning wrote: You cannot update a working system. Therefore, you should download the new base system (series a1, a2) and a suitable bootdisk. Boot from the bootdisk, and let Yast upgrade the base system. Then you can upgrade the rest from the (new) working system to your heart's desire -- cll

Greetings -- Another question I'm not quite sure about. Until I get my net connection working with Linux I have to download in Windows and move files via floppy:-( Can I take the rpm files I download from SuSE's update site and use them to update my working system? Using the rpm -U command?

Do I need to be aware of any potential problems?

John W Denning -JD- ( ( ( ) ) ) jdenning@pobox.com Salt Lake City, UT ) ) )( ( ( (801)322-2056 JD's UnderWater Photo Course - http://www.pobox.com/~jdenning/uwpc.html

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