{"id":1268,"date":"2023-03-18T15:45:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T20:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2023-03-18T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T20:51:27","slug":"how-to-in-place-upgrade-from-opensuse-15-3-to-15-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"How to in-place upgrade from openSUSE 15.3 to 15.4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been writing these “Readers Digest” versions of the official Opensuse upgrades procedures for a looong time (here are a couple of my past ones: 11.1<\/a>, 11.2<\/a>, 11.4<\/a>, 12.1<\/a>, 12.2<\/a>, 12.3<\/a>, 13.1<\/a>, 13.2<\/a>, 42.1<\/a>, 42.2<\/a>, 42.3<\/a>, 15.0<\/a>, 15.1<\/a>, and 15.2<\/a>)… And I always thought I had to do this; because in the past, the official distribution upgrade guide wasn’t as great as it could have been. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when it came time for upgrading in-place from openSuse 15.3<\/strong> to 15.4<\/strong>, I took another hard look at the opensuse.org site doc. And at this point I think I think it’s improved so much over the years that it’s now basically to the point that there’s nothing really I can do to make it more clearer that it already is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.opensuse.org\/SDB:System_upgrade<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, instead, I’ll just offer a couple tips or minor things I did differently, which mostly aren’t related to the upgrade, but to the approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And please… as always, if you don’t know what you’re doing, please don’t do this; get some help. Now, let’s get to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#\n# Run the following as the root user, or insert all your sudo commands if you like\n# Tip: Make a vm snapshot before you proceed!\n# Tip: Use \"screen\" to run the dup, if you need to reconnect later, \"screen -r\"\nscreen\n# Tip: Ensure you have space to do an upgrade (the \/boot requires more space these days)! \ndf -h\n# Tip: Check your version, to know what your upgrading from and to: \nmore \/etc\/SUSE-brand\nmore \/etc\/os-release\n# Now, step back from the console, and go visit the official guide, and follow the steps there:\n# https:\/\/en.opensuse.org\/SDB:System_upgrade\n# (optional) And because I'm super-cautious, because in the past on some of my systems grub did not get configured, I run this before restarting:\ngrub2-mkconfig -o \/boot\/grub2\/grub.cfg\n# And reboot (and watch from a console)...\ninit 6<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
My advice is to make sure you have multiple terminal sessions during the upgrade, in case something goes a little strange, and make sure you have space for the kernel and all the files (especially if you have small \/boot partitions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, thanks to the folks at Suse who’ve worked hard to improve the upgrade process and to make the guide(s) more clear and simple.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cool!  Happy upgrading…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been writing these “Readers Digest” versions of the official Opensuse upgrades procedures for a looong time (here are a couple of my past ones: 11.1, 11.2, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 42.1, 42.2, 42.3, 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2)……
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