Re: [opensuse] Upgrade from 10.0 to 11.0 In Place
- From: G T Smith <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:12:23 +0100
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David C. Rankin wrote:
Lucky Leavell wrote:
Can I upgrade a 10.0 to 11.0 by choosing the Installation ==> Upgrade
option from the DVD? (I tried this by installing 10.0 under VMware but
when booting from the DVD and attemting the install, it cannot see the
virtual hard drive. I am running an older version 1.0.3 of VMware
Server.)
Thank you,
Lucky Leavell
Lucky,
...you would have to be to pull that off. I wouldn't. It is
possible, but not probable if you want to make sure nothing will bite
you later.
Depends a bit on how "standard" and complex your setup is. If your setup
includes material that is non-SuSE you could be bitten by something in
the non-SuSE areas you were not aware off.
I would always try to upgrade first and if things become toast then do a
clean install, the things which may bite later are usually things that
are rarely used and should rarely be critical if you properly check
things out after you upgraded.
I utilise a fair bit of stuff which comes from non-SuSE resources and
this route usually saves me more time than I would loose by rebuilding
everything from scratch. It is matter of judging how much effort you
are prepared to give on rebuilding stuff that currently works.
I did 9.3 to 10.2 by this route without too many problems.
With 10.2 to 11.0 there were even some benefits in that some information
(e.g. repositories) was retained in manner that I could use that
information to quickly reconfigure appropriately.
The jump from 10.0 to 11.0 is huge in a lot of core package areas.
Just do it the right way and do a clean install.
Backup all data (usually /home)
Backup needed configs, "if any" (usually /etc/...., sometimes /var/lib)
Backup mail (/var/spool/mail)
Backup web (/srv/www/htdocs, and anything else you have squirreled away)
Backup smb shares (if outside of /home/samba)
Pop the 11.0 dvd and reboot for a clean install
substitute "Restore" for "Backup" above and finish
Whatever rout to choose backup, then backup the backup, try and have at
least two different routes back to your original working system. If one
route fails you at least have a fall back option. It rarely a good idea
to start something like this without a route back to your starting point
so you can try again.
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