Upgrading Or Restoring The Linux Operating System - NEC Express5800/ftServer Administrator's Manual

To preserve your changes, incorporate the updates into the files you have modified.
Compare files in the /etc/OPT/ft/network-scripts/ARCHIVE directory that
have a .rpmnew extension to your modified files, and copy the updates from the
.rpmnew file to your modified file.
For example, if you added a port to the bond defined in the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0 file and if the RPM file for the
upgrade contains an update to the ifcfg-bond0 file from the earlier RPM file, the
upgrade process copies the updated ifcfg-bond0 file from the new RPM as
/etc/OPT/ft/network-scripts/ARCHIVE/ifcfg-bond0.rpmnew. After the
upgrade, modify your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0 file
with any differences you note in the
/etc/OPT/ft/network-scripts/ARCHIVE/ifcfg-bond0.rpmnew file.
N O T E S
1. Resolve the differences in these files immediately, or
2. If you uninstall Express5800/ftServer system software,

Upgrading or Restoring the Linux Operating System

Use this checklist to prepare for the Linux operating system upgrade or reinstallation:
Before performing an upgrade to a system in use, perform a complete file system
backup.
Carefully read the current Release Notes: Express5800/ftServer for the Linux
Operating System document at http://support.necam.com for this release.
Distribution Release Notes may have been updated with information about
restrictions or problems and workarounds, software updates, and document
corrections not found in the Release Notes from earlier distribution CDs. Verify
that the new Linux operating system version you are about to install is
intended for installation on your ftServer system.
The system that you wish to upgrade must be configured to load from a bootable
system disk that is in the ftServer system's boot path.
Updating the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software
back up the rpmsave or .rpmnew files to another
location. If the same .rpmsave or .rpmnew files are
generated by uninstalling Express Builder, or by an
upgrade or reinstallation, the previous archived versions
could be overwritten.
any of these network files that you modified are saved
to the
/etc/OPT/ft/network-scripts/ARCHIVE
directory and given a .rpmsave extension.
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