rpm -u virtualbox21.rpm should work. after you start virtual machines under 2.1 do not forget to reinstall guest additions.
2008/12/28, paul williamson <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > Sorry to ask a beginner's question, but I am about to upgrade from VB 1.6.6. > to 2.1.0, and I can't find any instructions on the web as to how to do this > so that I don't have to re-install my virtual machines. > > I am running openSuse 10.3, and have XP as the guest os. I have just > downloaded VirtualBox-2.1.0_41146_openSUSE103-1.i586.rpm from the VBox site. > > Normally I would remove the existing VB rpm, and then install this. Is that > the correct procedure, or is there an update/upgrade way of doing it ? > > Any suggestions for a trouble-free upgrade will be much appreciated. > > Thanks > > Paul Williamson > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
