On Wed, 14 May 2003, Markus Gaugusch wrote:
On May 14, Martin Schichl
wrote: I have still a server running on Suse 7.1 [...] My problem: The machine is a server which should be running permanently. So I should update the system while running the machine ... any ideas if there are problems updating the system to 8.2 from 7.1 ... I would install 8.2 on a new harddisk, copy all settings from the 7.1 machine and swap disks (this saves you from doing a backup ;) or copy the new installation over the old one.
Part of the question is how permanent "permanent" is. If you can handle an hour downtime I'd sit down with a desktop already running 8.2 and do the full setup for the server using the AutoYast dialogue. The only downtime you'll see is the time it takes to move the OS onto the machine. Less than an hour. If that's too much, Markus' suggestion is your only option.
I can remember I had to work for two days to get my server running again, when I upgraded from 6.3 to 7.1 ... as the directories, etc. did not fit anymore ... :-(((( Will be the same with 8.2, lots of things have changed (which is good IMHO, because it means that there is still some movement in the distribution).
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