You can allways ftp it , or order one of the ftp cd mirrors for aaround 5.00
At 01:51 PM 2/18/1999 PST, you wrote:
>
>Hi,
> I am planning to buy Suse 6.1 when it comes out, I just wanted to wait
>until all the glibc and kernel 2.2 changes have been finished and had
>some time for any bugs to be ironed out before I buy the commercial
>version. I was just after a quick upgrade in the meantime.
>Cheers,
>Brad.
>>
>>
>>Brad Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am currently running the full commercial version of SuSE5.2
>and want
>>> to upgrade to 6.0. I've been dnloading the 6.0 version (by modem) and
>am
>>> getting sick of waiting. I just wanted to know what files I actually
>>> need to upgrade to 6.0. I would suspect that all the old binaries I
>have
>>> installed from 5.2 will still work with 6.0. It should be backwards
>>> compatible right?
>>> So I guess if I just have the first 3 directories (a1, app1,
>app2) from
>>> the ftp site dnloaded I should be able to just go into yast, set this
>>> directory to be the source and then click on update. Is this all I
>have
>>> to do? I don't need any other of the directories?
>>> If there's anything else I need could you please let me know.
>It just
>>> seems like a waste dnloading everything when I don't need it all.
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Brad.
>>
>>
>>Ahhh... Now you see the advantage of purchasing the commerical
>version
>>on CDROM.
>>1) A permanent copy of the distro plus ALL the major downloads
>available
>>at the time, all on 5 CDs.
>>2) A ready-made boot disk.
>>3) A live-system on the CD.
>>4) A beautiful manual.
>>5) If your time is worth anything, and you don't have a T1 connection
>>to the internet, it is easier and quicker to get the commerical
>release.
>>6) It costs less than a movie and dinner out for two... ;-)
>>7) The CD boots into YaST and the install-upgrade is just clicks away.
>>8) Where else could you get such a finely engineered system at such a
>>low price?
>>
>>However, Geeks with plenty of experience, time to burn and a T1 would
>>think nothing of downloading all the packages and putting together an
>>installable system.
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