On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Chris Tooley <ctoo...@uvic.ca> wrote: > Hello all, > > Do you still need to upgrade with media to go from SL5 to SL6, or can I do > it from a CLI? > > thanks, > -Chris
There are enough changes in the core libraries and utilities, especially glibc and RPM, that I strongly urge you to use the installation media or use the network installation to point to a Scientific Linux local repository. That's worked well for Red Hat based systems since...... dear lord, the original 4.2 in my personal experience.