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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marsman.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
