Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (420 mails)

[Andreas Vetter <vetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Sid Boyce wrote:

> Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
> > Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2007 Andreas Jaeger:
> > > Wolfgang Woehl <tito@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > > Would I have to remove repositories like factory or opensuse xgl
> > > > beforehand?
> > > Remove factory, otherwise you will update to head of factory instead of
> > > 10.3 final.  Take care that you use the xgl 10.3 repository - and then
> > > it should work...
> > >
> > > You can use "zypper update -t package" as well.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > > Note these are "unsupported" ways to update which have not really been
> > > tested,
> >
> > Are there supported ways?
>
> Someone else's luck may vary, but I have upgraded 3 x86_64 boxes by that
> method, 1 from 10.2 and the other 2 from Beta2.
> Regards
> Sid.

I updated a x86_64 from alpha6 to gm by booting from DVD and choosing 
update. This left grub in a state, where it does not boot and I couldn't 
repair with Rescue System and Repair from the DVD. This is probably caused 
by the fact, that I used xfs as / and have no separate /boot.

-- 
Andreas Vetter
Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie
Universitaet Wuerzburg              
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