On Thursday 16 February 2006 13:45, Edward Dunagin wrote:
> hello pete and steve,
>
> On 2/16/06, Peter Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thursday 16 February 2006 13:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Hello,
> >
> > Hi Steve
> >
> > > Sorry if this is the wrong list. I'm moving from Mandriva to Suse 10.0.
> > > I'm a little confused about the difference between Online Update and
> > > System Update. Am I right in thinking that System Update would be used
> > > if no net connection or if you had updates on a disc? Thanks for any
> > > help.
> >
> > Online update is for delivery of patches and updates from SUSE/Novell on
> > an
> > 'as-needed' basis.  System update is for moving from say, version 10.0 to
> > 10.1, larger version upgrades.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Pete
> >

> systems update has never worked for me. i have opensuse 10.0 and yast
> always shows errors in it that i don't seem to be able to clear.
>
> any suggestions? thanks................ed
>
>
Hi Edward

System update is very intrusive and there will be a need to specify how you 
want things resolved.  It's not for the faint of heart, and although I've 
done it a few times, I tend to reinstall these days rather than do a system 
update.

Cheers

Pete

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