YaST refuses to execute a system update

Support knowledgebase (maddin_yast_update)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions 4.4 to 7.3

Symptom:

You want to update your entire system; not only a particular package and you start YaST for this purpose. YaST informs that you must update it first to be able to perform the update. YaST refuses to do anything else.

Cause:

You try to do an update within the running Linux system

This is very dangerous and not so clever.

An update overwrites among others important runtime libraries, whose dynamic update (i.e when the system is running) might lead into a total data destruction on the respective storage medium. YaST may not and certainly will not allow this.

Solution:

For an update, boot either from the supplied CD or the boot floppy.
Keywords: YAST, UPDATE, INSTALLATION, INSTALL, BOOT

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