Upgrade from 13.1.0 to 14.0
 

I recently had trouble upgrading my kernel, though the past 3 or 4 times I did a kernel upgrade flawlessly. Now I think I have to upgrade to Slackware 14.0.

Is it okay to upgrade directly to 14.0 from 13.1.0? Any advice?

That is quite a jump. It might be easier to upgrade to 13.37 first and then to 14.0. I've upgraded from one version to another, but not two versions. Maybe another user has tried this. Another option may be to back-up your files and do a clean install of 14.0.

Do you by chance know any directions page for upgrading to 13.37? I'd rather do that.

Here you go. :)

http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/sla...37/UPGRADE.TXT

Also, here you go. :p
http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:sla...:systemupgrade

It talks about having packages from a CD. Is there no way to tap a mirror or download them from a torrent first? Or are these directions pro-CD?

You can download the packages for example with wget
BTW: I'm not sure but would suppose that a reinstallation instead of upgrading is done faster. You can create a minimal install-CD (look at http://slackware.com/~alien/slackboot/mini/). Or use the usb-bootimage: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/slackwar...xe-installers/

Markus

Would this be a good mirror?

http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.37/

That depends on your location, normally the nearest mirror is the best choice.

A list of mirrors is here: http://mirrors.slackware.com/mirrorlist/

Markus

Let's say that is my mirror, should I download the entire directory, or only the directory called Slackware? I think I am supposed to download the whole directory with the kernels and patches folders, but just to make sure.

When you use the little script in post #7 you download only the slackware directory (without kdei). That's the least amount of download for a full install. When you download with wget from an ftp-mirror you can use the r-option, but be sure to exclude the kdei directory (read the manpage for wget).

Markus

Thanks for your assistance, I will try your script.

Ive noticed that the script posted here does not work at all unless it is an ftp mirror.

What doesn't work? (please post the errormessages) I've not tested it yet, but I use it similarly on the commandline everytime I download Slackware.

Markus

Oh, it just says "no wildcard on http". It's no big deal. The big deal is that you excluded the 'a' directory in the script, and the first part of upgrading explicitly demands that the pkgtools in directory 'a' by upgraded.

Maybe you excluded too many subdirectories.