Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2271 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Monday 2004-04-19 at 10:36 -0400, wmeler wrote:

> 1) I am using SuSE 8.1 with a 2.4.21 kernel.  Is there a way to update
> the system to 9.0 or 9.1 without having to totally re-install (and thus
> losing some of the other things I've changed or installed in the
> system)?

Just boot from the CD and do an upgrade. It is designed for such a thing.
However... sometimes it fails and leaves a heavily corrupted system.

> There are things about 8.1 that are driving me nuts.  Namely the fact I
> have KDE 3.0 and also the fact that people always talk about 9.0 or 9.1
> on this list and kind of shoo away 8.1 questions.  Which is very
> understandable.

Not particularly... I use 8.2 and I answer if know the subject.

>
> 2) Any way to easily upgrade the kernel at the same time?

It will install the kernel that the new suse version uses, whichever it
is.

> 3) Anywhere that gives instructions about exactly how to back up my
> system for a complete recovery if (or rather when) something goes wrong?
> It took me a good while to get my system to its current state.

Yast has a backup thing, but I don't like it. I do manual copies on
compressed CDs. There are other backup tools that have been comented on
the list now and again.

>
> 4) How do I make installation CDs?

I always have bought them, together with some nice books on the same box
that explain how I should go about it: including changes and things to
mind when upgrading from each version.

If you are using an ftp install... there is an image for 1 CD only, the
boot one; the rest you get by ftp at install time - I don't like it.
Better use a local mirror on another PC on the same network. There is a
readme file somewhere on the server, don't ask me.

-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson