Mark, thanks for clarifying the procedure for SLES10 SP1 update without using a network installation server. I followed your steps and they work just fine. The only thing I would add is a step between 6 and 7 to make sure that zmd is running and is done starting otherwise this seems to cause some problems. I use top to see if it is done or issue 'rug sl' and look for anything that is 'pending'.
I have two problems that I wonder if others have seen or not: 1-After all packages are updated to SP1, if I issue SPident, get a System is NOT up-to-date. It seems like it finds SLES10 + updates and expects SLES10 SP1 even though I am at the SP1 kernel level and the system login prompt says I am at SP1 and so does /etc/SuSE-release. Anyone else sees this problem or is it just me! 2-Is there any reason why we can't put the local installation source dirctory on a minidisk that is then moved between different linux guests on VM one at a time and mounted and used to apply the updates? On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:50:29 -0600 Mark Post said: >I've spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out the minimum steps = >needed to ugprade from a SLES10 GA system to SP1 without using a network-ba= >sed installation server, or nu.novell.com. I think I've got it down, but = >suggestions for improvement are always welcome. > > >1. Install SLES10 from GA media >2. Mount the file system where the SP1 CD .iso images are located, e.g., = >/mnt >3. Use YaST to create a local installation source out of the CD images. = >You'll need about 2.5GB of space. > YaST -> Miscellaneous -> Installation Server > Select "Do not configure a network service" > Point the dialog to the 4 CD .iso files, one at a time > Wait while it recalculates all the MD5SUMs (something not right with = >this idea, but that's what it does) > Exit Yast > Umount the file system with the CD .iso files, e.g., umount /mnt >4. cd /path/to/installation/source/patches then > ln -s ../suse . >5. cd /path/to/installation/source/suse >6. Issue the rpm -Uvh command as documented in the README file > Make sure zmd is running: rczmd restart >7. YaST -> Software -> Installation Source > Add /path/to/installation/source/patches as a source (using local = >directory option) > Remove the GA installation source >8. YaST -> Software -> Online Update > "slesp1o-liby2util-devel | YOU update for YaST2" should be pre-selected= >; install it > YaST will restart itself >9. YaST -> Software -> Online Update > A large number of updates should be pre-selected; install them. = >You'll also get a large number of new packages installed. Remove them if = >you desire. > Exit YaST > Re-run zipl (just for safety) > Reboot the system > >Even before you reboot, SPident should return: >CONCLUSION: System is up-to-date! > found SLE-10-s390x-SP1 > > >Mark Post > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
