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Re: [SLE] Is upgrading from 8.0 to 8.1 a abd thing?
- From: Marcel Broekman <m.broek@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 18:11:48 +0100
- Message-id: <200211151811.49026.m.broek@xxxxxxxxx>
Op donderdag 14 november 2002 22:48, schreef Ken Phelan:
> On Thursday 14 November 2002 12:29, Peter Nixon wrote:
> > I could not find a way to do an upgrade when Installing from FTP.
> > Is this possible? It tells you in the side bar that an upgrade will
> > take a long time etc etc, but it only actually gives you the option
> > for new install, or boot installed system...
>
> Peter,
>
> To do an ftp upgrade you have to enter 'suse_upgrade' (without the
> quotes, of course) in the kernel options section that you see on the
> kernel selection screen after booting with the iso download.
>
> Ken
That's what we needed to know. Thanks Ken.
Of course there's the option of doing an apt-get dist-upgrade, but this
is, although working real well, not supported by SuSE and please (!)
read the docs before you begin.
Marcel
> On Thursday 14 November 2002 12:29, Peter Nixon wrote:
> > I could not find a way to do an upgrade when Installing from FTP.
> > Is this possible? It tells you in the side bar that an upgrade will
> > take a long time etc etc, but it only actually gives you the option
> > for new install, or boot installed system...
>
> Peter,
>
> To do an ftp upgrade you have to enter 'suse_upgrade' (without the
> quotes, of course) in the kernel options section that you see on the
> kernel selection screen after booting with the iso download.
>
> Ken
That's what we needed to know. Thanks Ken.
Of course there's the option of doing an apt-get dist-upgrade, but this
is, although working real well, not supported by SuSE and please (!)
read the docs before you begin.
Marcel
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