Subject: Re: upgrading from 2.0 to 2.1
From: Jim Lambert (jlx@lamberts.org)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 19:37:42 MST
I tried this 'yup' method and had a lot of problems with yup. It just
kept dying with various errors. I finally gave up and tried a second
method of upgrading that John suggested:
* Download all the 2.1 rpms from YDL
* 'rpm -Uh *.rpm' to upgrade all the pkgs
This method worked like a charm for me. I did have to fiddle around
a bit (because of rpm dependency issues), but all and all it was pretty
painless.
I only have one remaining problem to iron out: I can't
mount my cd-rom. The only other real hitch was getting the airport
card working again. The YDL How-to is missing one important cmd:
"/sbin/ifup eth1". Also, the how-to doesn't mention that the airport
network interface has to be named eth1 (in 2.0 you could pick whatever
name you wanted).
Is the method for upgrading I just described for newbies? I'm not
sure. I'm no expert, but I'm not a newbie either - somewhere in
between I guess.
Good luck,
-Jim
roberto wrote:
> hi,
>
> I'd like to try this but being a newbie, I am not sure what you use to edit
> the /etc/yup.conf
>
> thanks.
>
> bob
>
> > From: John Schmidt <jas@netbrick.com>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 06:02:19 -0700
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: Re: upgrading from 2.0 to 2.1
> >
> > On Thursday 13 December 2001 09:12 pm, you wrote:
> >> What's the best way to do this? I download the iso, but there
> >> doesn't appear to be an upgrade path using it.
> >>
> >> -Jim
> >
> >
> > Edit your /etc/yup.conf. Mine looks like this:
> >
> > .master http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/yup/yup.master.txt
> > .dist-option Yellow Dog Linux release 2.1
> > .arch-option ppc
> > .begin mirror-option
> > .name iBiblio Mirror
> > .country USA
> > .addr
> > ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/yellowdog/yellowdog-2.1/
> > .name iBiblio Mirror
> > .arch ppc SRPMS
> > .end
> >
> >
> > Essentially, you replace all instances of yellowdog-2.0 with yellowdog-2.1.
> > Then, as root, do:
> > yup list updates.
> >
> > Currently, doing the above returns:
> >
> > Updated packages:
> > Package Name Version
> > kernel 2.4.10-12a
> > kernel 2.4.10-12a
> > kernel 2.4.10-12a
> > kernel 2.4.10-12a
> > openssh 3.0.2p1-1a
> > openssh-askpass 3.0.2p1-1a
> > openssh-clients 3.0.2p1-1a
> > openssh-server 3.0.2p1-1a
> > tetex 1.0.7-8.1a
> >
> >
> >
> > This will give you a list of updates to the ydl 2.0. I then, at my
> > convenience, would do:
> > yup update tetex
> > yup update openssh
> > ...
> > yup <then name of the package>
> >
> > I am on a dial up modem, and I didn't want to lock up my machine for hours
> > downloading stuff.
> >
> > I believe that you can do:
> >
> > yup update
> >
> > and it will download all the updates needed to bring your machine up to 2.1.
> >
> > Many people have problems with yup. Make sure that you have the latest:
> > yup-0.7.6-6. You may have to upgrade this manually, by ftping to
> > ftp.yellowdog.com and looking for it from the 2.1 directory of rpms. In
> > addition, you may have to do a yup clean yupdb which cleans out the yup
> > database. man yup is your friend. You can also search the archives for
> > instructions, since right after it was released, several individuals posted
> > explicit instructions on doing the update.
> >
> > I find that the incremental update suited my needs. 2.0 was working fine for
> > me and I had already upgraded kde 2.2.1 and XFree86 4.1 prior to the official
> > release which seem to be the main upgrades (other than a kernel 2.4.10 which
> > I didn't upgrade) that I was most interested in.
> >
> > I am sure it is possible to do a yup update from your ydl 2.1 cd if you go
> > through some hoops but it is easier to do it over the 'net. I did the
> > update even though I order the book with the ydl 2.1 CD. I don't think the
> > book will be all that useful to me, but I want to help YDL stay afloat and
> > purchases are the only way for that to happen.
> >
> > John Schmidt
> > jas@netbrick.com
> >
-- <jlx@lambZrts.org> (Replace Z's with E's to reply)The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. -Anonymous
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