>>> On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 2:59 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are in the midst of installing our first "production" system under SLES10, > under z/VM on a z/890. > > My question is, how do install SP1? > > I have a virtual machine that has the repository of all the files necessary > to install both SLES9 and SLES10. I recently downloaded the iso image of the > DVD for the SLES10 SP1. I have used this to install additional optional > software on the target system, but I've never installed a full-blown service > pack on Linux. > > Is there a simple way to mount the iso image, fire up Yast on the target, > tell it to do the update and stand back? Or, must I go though each installed > option in Yast and update each one individually?
The SLES10 SP1 DVD is a complete installation tree, in and of itself. Given that, probably the easiest way to update your systems is by IPLing them from the starter files on the SP1 media, pointing the installer to the SP1 installation tree, and then doing an update, rather than a fresh install. If you want to do it while the system is up and running, it's much more of a pain in the $ANATOMICAL_PART. If you want to upgrade a SLES9 system to SLES10 or SLES10 SP1, you have to do it via IPLing from the SLES10[SP1] starter files. You can't do it from a running system. Which ever way you go, you'll need to rummage through your system afterwards, and make sure things are still configured the way you want them. I've seen cases where "stuff" got changed, and I had to re-do them. Also, look for "*.rmpnew" files. Those will be new versions of configuration files that didn't get moved into place because you updated the ones on the running system. Also look for "*.rpmsave" files. I'm not sure what criteria gets used to create those, but they're copies of configuration files that were replaced, but saved. 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
