From suse-linux-e  Tue Jul 03 22:53:49 2001
From: dep <dennispowell () earthlink ! net>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 22:53:49 +0000
To: suse-linux-e
Subject: updating via ftp
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maybe someone here has some experience in this; if worse comes to 
worst i can, i suppose, do an ftp from my desktop machine, though i 
like to keep it all buttoned up.

here's the deal: i am running paid-for 7.1 on the notebook machine 
and paid-for 7.2 on the desktop. the notebook is a thinkpad 760 which 
does not allow both the floppy and the cd reader at the same time, 
and cannot boot from the cd. i tried doing an update from a 7.1 boot 
with the 7.2 cd, and it seemed happy until it got to where it told me 
to boot from the cd, which i cannot do. this leaves the possibility 
of using the boot floppies to get to the update files -- where? can i 
point to a suse ftp site and reasonably expect the update to take 
place? (the update from cd worked perfectly on my wife's machine, all 
settings maintained, no problem -- even had anti-aliasing working by 
default, which is pretty cool given her machine's lcd panel.)

anyway, i'm trying to upgrade the suse on the notebook machine via 
the easieat route possible.  ideas?
-- 
dep
 
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