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Hi all, I have a couple of Linodes that I'll eventually need to upgrade to 14.1. What's the best method? The process in UPGRADE.TXT seems to require the packages to be available locally.. when I upgraded my laptop, I just mounted the DVD. How can I do the same on a remote server, without transferring the entire file tree beforehand?
I can think of a few options (use sshfs, or download the iso on the server then mount it). What's the best method?
sorry. i clicked on it from lqspy and forgot to check the subforum it was listed in.
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I can think of a few options (use sshfs, or download the iso on the server then mount it). What's the best method?
Thanks!
i have mounted dvd's in my desktop upstairs and pointed my xbmc box to play the video from an sshfs mount (but that is kinda' hacky). it was always more consistant for me to scp the iso to the xbmc machine.
Slackpkg should do the job. Otherwise I wrote this explaining how I upgraded from 13.37 to 14.0. You could use a similar method to upgrade 14.0 to 14.1. I have not done it yet myself but must get around to it at some point.
slackpkg does the job perfectly for me, but it's better to also track all new/removed packages for each Slackware release mentioned on the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.
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