Craig, It depends on where you're starting, and where you want to end up. You've given that information, but I'll talk about the more general case for the benefit of others who might have a different situation.
If you're starting from a 2.2.16 kernel, with the glibc that came with it for example, and you want to get to the latest and greatest, I would do a new install. Trying to figure out exactly what order is needed to put on the new packages would just be too fraught with the potential for a non-running system. Somewhere in the middle, the S/390 ELF binary magic number got changed, for one thing. Messing that up, all by itself could kill your system. There are other pitfalls as well, so just don't go there. If you're ever in the situation where the starting and ending points are based on the same compiler, glibc, etc., etc., then it can be easier to just upgrade the various packages individually. If the RPM packager did their job right, the rpms won't install any way other than in a correct order. _Finding_ that order could be a gigantic pain if you have more than a handful of packages to install. That's where things like the "apt-get for RPM" come in very handy. As I've said in other cases, if this all sounds very non-deterministic, that's because it is. Over time, you'll get something of a "feel" for what might be best for a given situation. (I don't claim that I'm there yet, because I'm still too inexperienced with RPM.) Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Kittendorf, Craig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: Upgrades for Newbies? > I have SuSE Linux for S/390 from two years ago installed in an LPAR. I > downloaded the SLES beta cds. > What are most doing for upgrading? Using YaST and Upgrade System option, > installing on new dasd, or something else? > > Thanks, > Craig
