If you stay within the same architecture (eg, 31-bit to 31-bit), you can use YaST if you want. If you want to switch to 64-bit, you need to do a new install (the upgrader doesn't work cross-architecture, and 64-bit is considered a different archtecture). If I were you, I'd do a fresh install on a new machine, and then swap them. Virtual machines are cheap to create, and you'll be certain of a clean install and upgrade, and you can also use it as a DR test for your application data.
________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Gordon Will Sent: Mon 4/24/2006 6:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: upgrades SLES8 to SLES9 hi, I have several linux guests I would like to upgrade from SLES8 to SLES9. Do I have to set options in the PARMFILE, use YAST/YAST2, or is this even possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
