Re: [opensuse] Upgrade 10.2 to 10.3 failure Administrator schreef:
>>> So, I saved the essential bits of the configurations and 
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>> did a clean 
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>>> install of 10.2 (with reformatting the partitions) with a minimal 
>>> system.  This worked fine.  I have updated 10.2 to the 
>>>       
>> latest versions 
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>>> of everything and am now trying to upgrade as explained here 
>>> http://en.opensuse.org/Updating_SUSE_Linux.  It's failing.  
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>> When I try 
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>>> to run any of Software management, Update or Online update, yast2 
>>> complains that it can't read the package files from the cache 
>>> directory and disables the 10.3 repositories.
>>>       
>> You should only use the DVD, *or*, (not both at the same 
>> time) the online-install sources.
>> If DVD used, add update, and install sources afterwards, and 
>> update that way.
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> I've tried that (I've tried all the combinations I can think of DVD, online
> sources and update sources).  Whichever of the 10.3 distribution
> repositories / DVD I have in the installation source list gets kicked out by
> yast when I try to use it.  The 10.3 update source (which is YUM) doesn't.
>
> David
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>
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You can allways try a new install, and mount the old /home afterwards,
or clone your home for the new install, and throw away the old 10.2 if
you don't want it anymore..


