Peter, thanks a lot. That worked very smoothly (just needed -U instead of -u :-) )
I still have the problem that I hoped upgrading would solve, so I'll post a new message about that. Paul On Sunday 28 December 2008 13:06:09 Peter Ondruška wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
