[opensuse] Problem updating xen domU's
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Two years ago I installed several Xen domU's. The tools where not so sophisticated as they are now, so I had to do most of all this by my own. I decided to create LVM volumes which I directly gave as e.g. hda1 to the domU's. As one result within the domU there is no partition table visible. Installation took place via dirinstall in yast. Now I try to update this domU's to openSuSE 10.3 - has anyone here an idea how to _update_ a dirinstalled system? I tried yast dirinstall again - this seems to simply make a fresh install. That's not what I want. I tried to give the installation xen kernel/initrd and iso image to the domU to regularly start the installation process. This works a bit when I fake some partition tables (give a faked master boot record as hda and provide hda1/hda2 directly) but ends up yast telling me it can not find an installed system so it wants to make a fresh install too. I tried the old SuSE 10.1 yast to start a "system update" from the given 10.3 installation media - but it warns about incompatibilities and suggests a fresh install ... Any further idea? Ralf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Ralf Müller