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Re: Moving from EL N to EL N+1
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:18:03 -0800
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On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> This was the exact procedure that I requested from the SL support staff
>> -- using the bootable install DVD for SL 6 to update a SL 5 system, and
>> was told that such a procedure is not recommended and is not supported
>> as one of the options presented in the SL 6 installation GUI.
>
> Yes that is our support stance.  It is NOT supported by either TUV or SL .

Here is the upstream documentation:

http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#ch-upgrade-x86

Akemi

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