On 10/10/2002 11:09 PM, Jason Varsoke wrote:
So, no one has any idea how make the FTP upgrade work? Has anyone even had success with this?
I did not upgrade via ftp, but I did, with very little problem, upgrade 7.3 to 8.0 via dvd.
I bought SuSE 7.3 because I thought their upgrade utils were worth paying for. If I wanted to re-install every 6months I could use Slackware.
Ah, the freedom of Linux. You may do as you prefer. SuSE doesn't force you to upgrade at all, and they DO even let you install via ftp. But, you are certainly free to use Slackware.
Is the FTP upgrade a gimick; you get so frustrated trying to do the FTP upgrade that you eventually buy the disks?
No, I don't believe SuSE operates that way (I've used SuSE since 6.2). But since I have always bought the CDs (and was thrilled when the dvd version came out), I have only updated packages via ftp. Have you checked out the support database? You may just find the answers there, especially since 8.0 has been out for quite a while. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace God, I am what I am.