[ale] SuSE update

[Tim Watts]

Yeah, I chickened out and decided to let Emperor do the build for me. It was 
more than I wanted to spend but will probably be worth it in the long run.

I was attempting to *install* 9.2 -- I left the wrong impression that I was 
"updating". But I could not get past the video problems in YaST. The advice I 
got (btw thanks) applied only if I was truly updating. Any help for getting 
past the video trouble on an install would be greatly appreciated.

On Saturday 17 December 2005 14:51, Dow Hurst wrote:
> Tim,
> Are you purchasing the laptop from Emperor?  That is usually cheaper and
> more guaranteed when working with them than taking it after the fact.
> Also, it does need to be a model they work with for the "not purchased
> from them" software workover.
>
> The Admin book in each SuSe package usually had a section on upgrading
> from one version to the next.  There were lot's of issues from 8.x to
> 9.x so 7.x to 9.x would probably be a reinstall and not upgrade
> recommended path for sure.
>
> Dow
>
> Tim Watts wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Just for the utter hell of it I'm trying to update my old SuSE 7.2 system
> > to 9.2. It's a crusty old 200 MHz Gateway. The problem I'm having is that
> > it gets as far as loading Yast but the screen is unreadable. The sidebar
> > text is black on black so there's no readable text anywhere on the panel.
> > Can anyone give me some pointers as to what I can do about this -- are
> > there some X params I can feed it at some point?
> >
> >(I realize this is pretty much a fool's errand. I'm just trying to build
> > up the courage to install SuSE 10 on my upcoming laptop purchase. I may
> > end up turning it over to the Emperor guys but I figure I should give it
> > a try myself first.)
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