I’m currently performing an online upgrade from SLES 10 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10) to SLES 10 SP2. While following Novell’s instructions on upgrading from SLES 10 to SLES SP1, I hit the error message below:
sles10-32bit:~ # switch-update-server
You use an internal update server. Abort.
The fix was to edit /usr/bin/switch-update-server , comment out the following lines, then run switch-update-server again.
# check if there is a old or new update server
#if ! echo "$CHECK_URIS" | grep -F "$NEW_SERVER_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
# ! echo "$CHECK_URIS" | grep -F "$OLD_SERVER_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
# # no old and no new update server => not registered or use an internal mirror
# # no need to switch
# echo "You use an internal update server. Abort." >&2
# echo "You use an internal update server. Abort."
# exit 1
#fi