My boxed Suse 7.3pro just walked in the door, and I am contemplating fireing up yast and doing the Update Existing installation routine to replace the 7.1 install currently on the machine.
Since I have not done this with Suse before, I'm a little worried. Yes I'll take a backup, but what I really want to know from Suse Sourdoughs (Alaskan for Veterans), is wether this is a good idea or does it munge things more often than not?
(Another of the never ending data SECURITY questions).
Upgrade from an older distribution should work, especially if it is 7.1 and newer (think of the init script changes from 7.0 to 7.1: /sbin/init.d -> /etc/init.d). Watch the output of the rpm commands during the installation to see if something goes wrong. Configuration files should not get touched. If the old system is a 7.0 or older, manual help is needed in the case where you have added init scripts by yourself. This could turn out to be a bit messy, to be honest. But it works. Roman. -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller <draht@suse.de> // "You don't need eyes to see, | SuSE GmbH - Security Phone: // you need vision!" | Nürnberg, Germany +49-911-740530 // Maxi Jazz, Faithless | - -