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Re: [LUG] Suse online upgrades?

 

On Tuesday 09 September 2008 22:08, Rod Sheaff wrote:
> Tom
>
> On Tuesday 09 September 2008 14:16:32 Tom Potts wrote:
> > Are there any Suse users out there who can tell me if you can do online
> > upgrades like you can on Ubuntue etc?
>
> Yes, via YAST
>
> > I can I add another install source from somewhere and off it goes or is
> > that beyond novell?
>
> Yes, also via YAST, if 'install' means an install of openSuSE and other
> software; but not if 'install' means install another distro alongside
> openSuSE.
The only info on the Suse site was from 2005.
My machine has a lot (I mean a LOT) of stuff on it 
Do I just add the next versions repository to the list of sources or is there 
- like Ubuntu etc - an app/switch you can set that checks and lets you know?
Tom te tom te tom
>
> > Also for moving from Suse to opensuse...
>
> As I recall, it depends how old your version of SuSE is. Some but not all
> allow 'system update', again via YAST.
>
> HTH
>
> Rod


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