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#1 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 09:51 PM

I'd like to upgrade some Slackware 10.2 (kernel 2.4.31.1) systems to
Slackware 12.0 and avoid upgrading to 11.0 first. I understand the
caveats of upgrading stable systems, but I would like to get some 2.6
experience, especially selinux.

Are the following steps safe for upgrading 10.2 to 12.0 or should I
upgrade to 11.0 first?

1) backup /home and /etc
2) upgrade to 2.6 kernel using what is provided in the 10.2 release
3) remove obsolete packages identified in the 11.0 CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
4) follow Slackware 12.0 UPGRADE.TXT instructions starting with step 2

Thank you,

Peter

#2 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 09:52 PM

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:18:36 -0400, Peter wrote:

> I'd like to upgrade some Slackware 10.2 (kernel 2.4.31.1) systems to
> Slackware 12.0 and avoid upgrading to 11.0 first. I understand the
> caveats of upgrading stable systems, but I would like to get some 2.6
> experience, especially selinux.
>
> Are the following steps safe for upgrading 10.2 to 12.0 or should I
> upgrade to 11.0 first?
>
> 1) backup /home and /etc
> 2) upgrade to 2.6 kernel using what is provided in the 10.2 release 3)
> remove obsolete packages identified in the 11.0 CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT 4)
> follow Slackware 12.0 UPGRADE.TXT instructions starting with step 2
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Peter

My $0.02. Don't do that. Install 12 on a clean partition and move
configurations over one by one. As for home? Keep it on it's own
partition.

--
Peter

#3 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 09:52 PM

On 2007-07-06, Peter <p-santoro@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I'd like to upgrade some Slackware 10.2 (kernel 2.4.31.1) systems to
> Slackware 12.0 and avoid upgrading to 11.0 first. I understand the
> caveats of upgrading stable systems, but I would like to get some 2.6
> experience, especially selinux.

I don't have personal experience, but I don't see a reason to have
problems, unless your machines have problems with kernel-2.6.

Since the machines are several, you can try at one for a start.

Go for it (make a backup up, the decision is YOURS)

--
Please excuse my english writing!
Slackware 11
Knowledge report: One year, still plenty to learn

#4 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 09:52 PM

Peter wrote:
> I'd like to upgrade some Slackware 10.2 (kernel 2.4.31.1) systems to

Oops, I meant 2.4.34.1.

#5 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 09:52 PM

On 2007-07-06, Peter <p-santoro@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I'd like to upgrade some Slackware 10.2 (kernel 2.4.31.1) systems to
> Slackware 12.0 and avoid upgrading to 11.0 first. I understand the
> caveats of upgrading stable systems, but I would like to get some 2.6
> experience, especially selinux.
>
> Are the following steps safe for upgrading 10.2 to 12.0 or should I
> upgrade to 11.0 first?
>
> 1) backup /home and /etc
> 2) upgrade to 2.6 kernel using what is provided in the 10.2 release
> 3) remove obsolete packages identified in the 11.0 CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
> 4) follow Slackware 12.0 UPGRADE.TXT instructions starting with step 2

Well, this is untested and unsupported, so caveat emptor, but...

I think your basic idea is good, so it should work. The biggest thing
that most people neglect is the removal of packages that were present
in 10.2 but not 11.0, and you mentioned that.

I would personally opt for installing the hugesmp kernel on 10.2,
rebooting into it in runlevel 1, and proceed from there with step 2
(with step 3 being irrelevant at this point). Later, in step 10, you
could just add the obsoleted packages from 10.2-->11.0 to the list of
removals.

RW

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