On Tuesday, 30 October 2018 4:23 Raymond Yeung wrote: > Let's say I've a working run-time system running 2016 April release (Krogoth) > Poky image. > I've it installed previously from a USB thumb drive onto a much bigger SSD > with all partitions setup. > I don't need to change the partition from here onward. > Is there an easy way to replace it with, say 2017 Oct release (Rocko) Poky > image (and vice versa)? > E.g. by replacing just one file (e.g. bzImage)? > Or is there a script that would take care of it? > What happens to all the existing directories, e.g. /etc, /bin etc.?
The question has no connection to a specific Yocto release at all. If I rephrase the question it becomes "How do I upgrade my Linux system at all?". Take a look at ResinOS partition scheme here: https://www.balena.io/docs/reference/OS/overview/2.x/#image-partition-layout May be it can shed a bit of a light. --- Kosta Z. -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
