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Title: Executing X server update

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Executing X server update

Please proceed as follows in order to update your beta X server:

1. Log yourself in as user root.
2. Introduce the disk in the drive A:
3. Start YaST by yast
4. Choose the menu option Start / set up installation.
5. Choose the menu option Installing packages
6. Press the key F2
7. Choose DOS filesystem as type of the filesystem
8. Choose /dev/fd0 as floppy device (if the disk is in drive A:)
9. Choose Continue to exit this dialog.
10. Press Return/Enter to reach the file election.
11. Choose in the file election the first package to be installed.
12. Press F10 to install the package.
13. Proceed in the same way for all other packages on the disk (the installable packages have the extension .tgz. The other files contain text, that you can (should) read)
14. Exit the dialog by ESC
15. Exit YaST (menu by menu)

See also:

install packets manually
YaST: Installing non-CD-ROM packages
Expired beta X server

Keywords: X SERVER, BETA X SERVER, XFREE, 3.1.2E, 3.1.2F

Feedback welcome: Send Mail to maddin@suse.de (Please give the following subject: SDB-maddin_xupdate)

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