[opensuse] Install or Update?
I'm keen to try 10.3 beta 1, because I've heard that my sound card driver will be built into the kernel, and I've had no luck getting sound working no this machine by any other means. I downloaded the ISO and burned a DVD, and all seems well, but I'm puzzled about an installation option. I want to be sure that I'll be able to boot my current 10.2 kernel, in case of problems with the beta, because disregarding the sound issue, everything else seems to be pretty well sorted out. I wouldn't want to be unable to access my email store, for example. When I selected the update option, after much checking and evaluating, the installer presented an empty list of installations that could be updated. Checking the "show all partitions" checkbox revealed three. However, I was reluctant to update something without knowing for sure what would happen as a result. If I tell it to do a new installation -- not an update -- will that still leave the old versions available in GRUB? Will I still be able to choose to boot to 10.2.<whatever>, or will a new installation make _everything_ new? Thanks in advance, Jerry in Bothell, WA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 11 August 2007 10:39:58 pm Jerry Houston wrote:
I'm keen to try 10.3 beta 1, because I've heard that my sound card driver will be built into the kernel, and I've had no luck getting sound working no this machine by any other means. ...
If I tell it to do a new installation -- not an update -- will that still leave the old versions available in GRUB? Will I still be able to choose to boot to 10.2.<whatever>, or will a new installation make _everything_ new?
Thanks in advance,
Hi Jerry, I use new installation and expert options tab where I tell installer not to install grub. After installation is complete I add entry in existing /boot/grub/menu.lst by hand. As I use the same partition for testing versions all the time that added entry works perfectly for any new installation. If you allow grub installation and you are not happy with selection, it is still easy to switch to old one. Run as root cfdisk turn off boot flag on test system partition (word Boot next to the partition name), highlight old partition and turn on boot flag. Next time you boot old menu will be again active. Be carefull, cfdisk can make all partitions active which is legal in Linux, but it will confuse generic boot sector that is looking for active partition and loads boot sector of that partition. That sector contains actual grub boot sector configured to know where to look for the rest of grub files. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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