[opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 RC1 upgrade stories
I was wondering how many people tried upgrading their Suse 10.x to 10.2 RC1 since it came out (as opposed to doing a fresh install). I'm thinking of doing the same but after botching the upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 I'm a little circumspect. Anyone got success / horror stories they want to share? Thanks, Sorin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 13:48, Sorin Peste wrote:
I was wondering how many people tried upgrading their Suse 10.x to 10.2 RC1 since it came out (as opposed to doing a fresh install). I'm thinking of doing the same but after botching the upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 I'm a little circumspect.
Anyone got success / horror stories they want to share?
I suggest you wait for the GoldMaster. Hugo Costelha -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2006 14:58 schrieb Hugo Costelha:
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 13:48, Sorin Peste wrote:
I was wondering how many people tried upgrading their Suse 10.x to 10.2 RC1 since it came out (as opposed to doing a fresh install). I'm thinking of doing the same but after botching the upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 I'm a little circumspect.
Anyone got success / horror stories they want to share?
I suggest you wait for the GoldMaster.
Hugo Costelha
I agree, even when i did only good experience upgrading from 10.0 to 10.2 with the RC1. The upgrade it self was verry smoth, and even the change to the openSUSE-updater was verry easy. There is a new Software directory for the openSUSE updater, just set your marker for this, and you´re fine. But the you have to install 1,4GB to upgrade to the final release ( GM ), so it makes no sence to Upgrade now, when the GoldMaster is published on Thursday. Greets Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Michael Schueller wrote:
Am Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2006 14:58 schrieb Hugo Costelha:
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 13:48, Sorin Peste wrote:
I was wondering how many people tried upgrading their Suse 10.x to 10.2 RC1 since it came out (as opposed to doing a fresh install). I'm thinking of doing the same but after botching the upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 I'm a little circumspect.
Anyone got success / horror stories they want to share? I suggest you wait for the GoldMaster.
Hugo Costelha
I agree, even when i did only good experience upgrading from 10.0 to 10.2 with the RC1. The upgrade it self was verry smoth, and even the change to the openSUSE-updater was verry easy. There is a new Software directory for the openSUSE updater, just set your marker for this, and you´re fine. But the you have to install 1,4GB to upgrade to the final release ( GM ), so it makes no sence to Upgrade now, when the GoldMaster is published on Thursday.
I may be wrong but there won't be a GoldMaster release -- what's being released this coming Thursday is the final 10.2 release. GoldMaster has been skipped. Cheers. -- In a period of great joy and pleasure you are comforted by the thought that tragedy is just around the corner. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2006 16:29 schrieb Basil Chupin:
I may be wrong but there won't be a GoldMaster release -- what's being released this coming Thursday is the final 10.2 release. GoldMaster has been skipped.
"final" and "gold master" are synonymous. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Anders Johansson wrote:
Am Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2006 16:29 schrieb Basil Chupin:
I may be wrong but there won't be a GoldMaster release -- what's being released this coming Thursday is the final 10.2 release. GoldMaster has been skipped.
"final" and "gold master" are synonymous.
Just a quick off-topic to say HI to a friend and to all his team. :) Hi Anders, Jan Kalcic -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 02:29 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
I may be wrong but there won't be a GoldMaster release -- what's being released this coming Thursday is the final 10.2 release. GoldMaster has been skipped.
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:28:41PM -0800, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 02:29 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
I may be wrong but there won't be a GoldMaster release -- what's being released this coming Thursday is the final 10.2 release. GoldMaster has been skipped.
Why
RC5 is the Goldmaster is the final 10.2 release. There is no difference. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 15:48 +0200, Sorin Peste wrote:
I was wondering how many people tried upgrading their Suse 10.x to 10.2 RC1 since it came out (as opposed to doing a fresh install). I'm thinking of doing the same but after botching the upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 I'm a little circumspect.
Anyone got success / horror stories they want to share?
I have performed most of the upgrades from 10.1 through all of the 10.2 releases without a problem. These upgrades were performed on my laptop which is my guinea pig. Should be a piece of cake but YMMV. It is always best to have a backup on hand in case anything goes awry. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 09:53 -0500, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 15:48 +0200, Sorin Peste wrote:
I was wondering how many people tried upgrading their Suse 10.x to 10.2 RC1 since it came out (as opposed to doing a fresh install). I'm thinking of doing the same but after botching the upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 I'm a little circumspect.
Anyone got success / horror stories they want to share?
I have performed most of the upgrades from 10.1 through all of the 10.2 releases without a problem. These upgrades were performed on my laptop which is my guinea pig. Should be a piece of cake but YMMV. It is always best to have a backup on hand in case anything goes awry.
What was the state of your 10.1 when you did the update? I have updates from the build service, packman and such on my 10.1. Anyone done an upgrade of such a system? I will probably do an upgrade to see how that goes, and then do a clean install anyway. I keep /home as a separate partition anyway and share it between 10.0 and 10.1. So far no problems. It is on a test machine. My real work machine wears protective gear... -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 16:11, Roger Oberholtzer said:
What was the state of your 10.1 when you did the update? I have updates from the build service, packman and such on my 10.1. Anyone done an upgrade of such a system?
YaST will disable any additional install sources and by default, suggest to delete any packages which don't also exist on the install media. You can override this at the Installation Summary screen and keep the old packages - they should still run as long as their prerequisites are available. After the upgrade you can reenable your install sources and point them at 10.2 repositories, then view the zzz-all package group and right-click, All in this list, Upgrade if newer version available. Will -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 13:48, Sorin Peste wrote:
I was wondering how many people tried upgrading their Suse 10.x to 10.2 RC1 since it came out (as opposed to doing a fresh install). I'm thinking of doing the same but after botching the upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 I'm a little circumspect.
Anyone got success / horror stories they want to share?
Thanks, Sorin
I'm always inclined to do a fresh install, but whether you go with a fresh one or an upgrade I would put your data somewhere else first. In my case, for example, I do indeed have a separate /home partition, but because many of the dotfiles change, and because of various arcana concerning dcop and mcop, I find it handiest to have another nice big partition called something like /data where I can keep everything I am actually bothered about. An initial install of SuSE is very capable of leaving such a partition completely alone (best to check the device number and be careful about the F for format in that screen) while I can reformat /home and thus make sure any old cobwebs are cleaned away. You need to back up stuff like your email too, and naturally that /data partition had better be backed up too. All best Fergus -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Anders Johansson -
Basil Chupin -
Carl William Spitzer IV -
Fergus Wilde -
Hugo Costelha -
Jan Kalcic -
Kenneth Schneider -
Marcus Meissner -
Michael Schueller -
Roger Oberholtzer -
Sorin Peste -
Will Stephenson