Operation Manual

14.1.3 Upgrading with YaST

Following the preparation procedure outlined in Section 14.1.1, “Preparations”

(page 213), you can now upgrade your system:

Boot the system as for the installation, described in Section “System Start-Up

for Installation” (Chapter 1, Installation with YaST, ↑Start-Up). In YaST, choose

a language and select Update in the Installation Mode dialog. Do not select New

Installation. Also add repositories to make sure to get all available software up-

dated whenever possible. Find more information about installation repositories

in Section “Add-On Products” (Chapter 1, Installation with YaST, ↑Start-Up).

YaST determines if there are multiple root partitions. If there is only one, continue

with the next step. If there are several, select the right partition and conrm with

Next (/dev/sda3 was selected in the example in Section 14.1.1, “Preparations”

(page 213)). YaST reads the old fstab on this partition to analyze and mount

the le systems listed there.

WARNING: Persistant Device Names

All entries in /etc/fstab that specify partitions to be mounted using

the kernel-device name must be changed to any of the other supported

methods prior to performing an update. Kernel-device names are not

persistent and are therefore unreliable for use during the update process.

This can be done using the YaST System Partitioner by changing the

method used in the fstab options settings.

Check the previously used repositories, if there are any. Enable all the repositories

you still want to use and from where you want to update third-party software.

Click the Toggle Status for every list item, if appropriate.

If you added repositories during the upgrade procedure as recommended above,

you now can activate those you are actually interested in.

In the Installation Settings dialog, adjust the settings according to your require-

ments. Normally, you can leave the default settings untouched. If you intend to

enhance your system, however, check the packages and patterns offered in the

Packages and Update Options submenus, or add support for additional languages.

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