Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007, Installation Manual

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base system. To update the base system, boot the computer from an installation medium,
such as CD. When selecting the installation mode in YaST, select Update.
The procedure for updating the system is similar to a new installation. Initially, YaST
examines the system, determines a suitable update strategy, and presents the results in
a suggestion dialog. Click Change or the individual items to change any details.
Update Options
Set the update method for your system. Two options are available.
Update with Installation of New Software and Features Based on the Selection
To update the entire system to the latest versions of software, select one of the
predefined selections. These selections ensure that packages that did not exist pre-
viously are also installed.
Only Update Installed Packages
This option merely updates packages that already exist on the system. No new
features are installed.
Additionally, you can use Delete Outdated Packages to remove packages that do not
exist in the new version. By default, this option is preselected to prevent outdated
packages from unnecessarily occupying hard disk space.
Packages
Click Packages to start the package manager and select or deselect individual packages
for update. Any package conflicts should be resolved with the consistency check. The
use of the package manager is covered in detail in
Section 8.3.1, “Installing and Remov-
ing Software” (page 127).
Backup
During the update, the configuration files of some packages may be replaced by those
of the new version. Because you may have modified some of the files in your current
system, the package manager normally makes backup copies of the replaced files. With
this dialog, determine the scope of these backups.
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