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From: Dee McKinney
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:28:40 -0900
Subject: RE: [SLE] ftp upgrade to 7.0 ?
I did indeed make the boot disk and did my first ever ftp install. (I live
in Alaska :)
SuSE 7.0 loaded up fine, the process worked without a hitch. I have the
Professional 7.0
boxed set, but had left it at the office. Thanks to everyone for the help.
Best Regards
/Dee
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Croxen [mailto:klcroxen@fas.harvard.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 12:10 AM
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com; W.D.McKinney
Subject: Re: [SLE] ftp upgrade to 7.0 ?
<p>You need to make a bootdisk with the current version of YAST and currentish
kernel.
You may also need to make supplemental disks with modules, in case your
network
card is not as mainstream as some. Laptop disk too, if your installation is
on a laptop.
You can make these current disks from those stored at:
ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/7.0/disks
Boot from the bootdisk, wend your way through the YAST menus to load the
appropriate hardware modules, either from the bootdisk itself, or from
modules1 or
modules2 as necessary. Then start working your way through the installation
menus on
YAST. You will have to tell YAST what your current network settings are
supposed to
be; you will also have to provide YAST either with a nameserver address or
the
address of the ftp site itself (e.g. ftp.suse.com itself is 202.58.118.5)
and you'll have to
provide the directory to go to when YAST connects (i.e.
/pub/suse/i386/7.0/suse/ or
/pub/suse/i386/current/suse/ as you prefer). Then launch the monster and
let the it
chug away.
Be warned that this is not exactly a zippy procedure --even with a cable
connection it
can take 5-6 hours or more; trying a 56k modem installation, you could
probably order
the CDs and have them arrive at your house before the ftp install has
finished. But it
works, and works well and reliably.
Cheers,
--Kevin
<p><p>On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:09:00 -0900, W.D.McKinney wrote:
Looks like lists.suse.com is down so no serching the mail list
for this answer. Anyone tell me how to upgrade my minimal install
of 6.2 to 7.0 via ftp ?
Thanks
/Dee
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