Civileme wrote:
> 
> John LeMay wrote:
> 
> > The 6.1 cd image is in the neighborhood of 650 Mbytes, as I recall. The
> > "tree" needed for installation probably isn't that much smaller. Not
> > really something you want to download. You could always grab a cheap 6.1
> > cd from www.cheapbytes.com.
> >
> > "Jerome SEVEAN (VIAMEDIA)" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I'm young on linux system and i have already a problem
> > >
> > > What is the best solution to upgrade a system from Mandrake 6.0 to 6.1
> > > Notes: I have a 128Kb ISDN connection on Internet, also I can download a lot
> > > of ftp files
> > > Thank's
> >
> > --
> > John J. LeMay Jr.
> > NJMC, LLC.
> > http://www.njmc.com
> 
> AND, whatever you do, run INSTALL, not UPGRADE.  If you do not format your
> partitions on install, you will retian some of your files.  Upgrade problems have
> been posted all over this list.
> 
> The Upgrade will work much better on 6.2 or later when the full graphic install
> is available.


Yup, pretty pictures will save the world...

What I'm missing is why the packaging system isn't working as it's
supposed to.  You upgrade a package and it removes the old package and
installs the new.  At least that's the way it works for me...  Why not
during installation???

-- 
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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