[lug] SuSE 9.0 -> 9.1

[Hugh Brown]

On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 17:36, Gary Hodges wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ferdinand Schmid <fschmid at archenergy.com>
> Date: Sunday, June 20, 2004 3:12 pm
> Subject: RE: [lug] SuSE 9.0 -> 9.1
> 
> > This is a very late reply...  In case you haven't discovered this 
> > already -
> > the XFS kernel module in the original 9.1 kernel is broken.  So if 
> > you had
> > installed your root partition using XFS then you can't upgrade.  
> > In my opinion
> > this was the worst bug in any SuSE release I have seen (since the 
> > 6.x days).
> > 
> > FYI - 9.1 uses a 2.6 kernel with all its benefits and problems ;)
> 
> But not too late!  Thanks for the reply.  I thought I might tackle this 
> tomorrow.  I installed with ext2 and reiserfs so no problems there, 
> right?  I installed 9.0 from a purchased DVD.  I've heard that the dist 
> available via ftp lacks content that the retail box version has.  This 
> is my concern.  That I might run into trouble upgrading from a retail 
> 9.0 install to 9.1 via ftp.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gary
> 


I suspect the only things missing would be the commercial applications
that get bundled.  Also, if SuSE is anything like RedHat, they probably
have compatibility rpm's that allow you to run your older software. 
This is all just speculation on my part, but I wouldn't expect this kind
of upgrade to cause problems.  However, I would suggest using your
dollars in support of a linux company if you have them to spend.

Hugh