Thanks Ron for the reply, I'll try this process the next time.
Is there a difference between 7.0 and 7.0-2?
Vern
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] 7.0-2(?) install scenerio problems (WARNING, long)
> Vern,
>
> A tip which will help some is to split out your /home directory in
> your 6.1 to a new partition. Then do a fresh install of 7.0-2 and
> make sure everything is working (DrakX forgets some RPMs).
>
> Then manually mount your home partition to /home to restore your user
> customisations and data from 6.1 into 7.0-2. If that's good, then
> put the /home mount in your fstab after deleting everything under the
> /home directory in 7.0-2 to release the 'dead' space.
>
> That gets most of the install-over functionality, but you will have
> to reinstall any applications you installed on 6.1 on 7.0-2 to
> complete the process. These reinstalls should preserve all the user
> data and configurations.
>
> Vern wrote:
>
> > I've also had a heck of a time upgrading from 6.1 to 7.0, I had
everything
> > running pretty good in 6.1!! I'm back to windoze right now, If I ever
get
> > 7.0
> > functional I'm not going to Mandrake 8.0 or whatever that's for sure!!
I
> > think
> > they engineered MDk 7.0 for a clean install, no upgrades. Kind of a
pain
> > starting from scratch every time. What was the major difference between
> > 7.0 and 7.0-2, I might get a CD from cheapbytes and give that a whirl if
> > there
> > is any real difference.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
>
