On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, houghi wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 12:56:42PM +0200, Aschwin Marsman wrote:

> > Is it possible to upgrade SUSE 8.1 to e.g. SUSE 10.0 by only
> > installing rpm packages?
> 
> Technicaly? Yes. A new instalation will however give you much more free
> time. If you don't have a seperate /home partition, this is the moment.

I have machines at different locations, a new installation is not so
easy.
 
> The changes will include a new kernel, so a reboot will be needed. If

Off course a reboot will be needed, that's not a problem.

> anything goes wrong, you still need physical access.
> 
> > Is there a difference between a distribution upgrade using
> > YAST or by installing the correct rpm's? 
> 
> Yes. Yast should be a lot easier, as it does several checks for you.

It's interactive, that's the problem. I would like to do the upgrade
without human intervention.

> Again, I would advice against it. People have noticed that updates went
> well, only to notice problems later on.
> 
> It all depends probably also on how standard your machine is.

The machines are identical, so after thourough testing it should not be
a problem.
 
Best regards,
 
Aschwin Marsman
 
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