Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello again,
>
> On Thursday 26 October 2006 12:26, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've never done an upgrade installation before on any of my SuSE
>> installations. This time, because I installed Alpha5 on a brand new
>> machine that is not (yet) mission critical, I was thinking of trying
>> an upgrade.
>>
>> My question is: How do I do this? Do I use the YaST "System Update"
>> from the running system? Do I boot from the Beta1 DVD and install
>> over the existing system? Something else?
>
> I launched the YaST "System Update" module with the Beta1 DVD in the 
> drive. After moment of "analyzing..." it told me the product on the 
> installation media was not compatible with the running system. I told 
> it to continue and the initial installation proposal lists:
>
> - 1389 packages to update
> - 26 packages to install
> - 2 packages to remove
>
> On the "Update Options" page it says "Update from Non-Linux system 
> to ? ?". (For the record, I have a mostly stock 10.2 Alpha5 
> installation running.)

I would file this as a bug in bugzilla.

>
>
> If I proceed with this, am I likely to have problems?

I hope not - but this is a path we do not test in general,

Andreas
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