Installing Service Packs - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

10.2 Installing Service Packs

Use Service Packs to update a SUSE Linux Enterprise installation. There are several
different ways in which you can apply a Service Pack. You can either update the existing
installation or start a whole new installation using the Service Pack media. Possible
scenarios for updating the system and setting up a central network installation source
are described here.
TIP: Installation Changes
Read the installation instructions on the Service Pack media for further changes.
10.2.1 Setting Up a Network Installation
As with the initial installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise, it is much more efficient
having a central installation source on your network to serve all clients rather than in-
stalling all of them separately using a set of physical media.
Configuring a Network Installation Source on SUSE
Linux Enterprise Using YaST
Basically, follow the procedure outlined in Section 4.2, "Setting Up the Server Holding
the Installation Sources" (page 56). Just add another installation source called SLE-10-
SP-x-arch, SLES-10-SP-x-arch, or SLED-10-SP-x-arch (where x is the number
of the Service Pack and arch is the name of your hardware architecture) and make it
available via NFS, HTTP, or FTP.
10.2.2 Installing a Service Pack
NOTE
To update an existing SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 system to a SUSE Linux Enterprise
10 Service Pack (SP), see Section 10.2.3, "Updating to a Service Pack" (page 217).
214 Installation and Administration
Source for Service Pack Media