On Sun, 11 Jan 2037, Viktor Lakics wrote: Your DVD works under linux?? >instantly, DVD-rom was OK, > > Works great! > > Good luck; Viktor > > > > > > bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Praedor Tempus wrote: > > > > > Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:11:47 -0700 > > > From: Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [expert] A bit "afeared" of upgrading my laptop > > > > > > I am running 7.2 on my home system but on my laptop I still have 7.1 and > > > kde 1.1.2. > > > I am debating upgrading to 7.2 on my laptop but first want to know about > > > general > > > experiences in, first, upgrading vs dump and clean install. > > > > > > I bought my 7.2 from cheapbytes (and am hoping that it is 'real' rather > > > than a > > > partially beta version, like kde-1.95 or some other monster...haven't > > > checked yet). > > > > > > Is it relatively painless to do the upgrade or should I dump and > > > reinstall from scratch? > > > > > > > DO NOT USE UPGRADE DO A CLEAN INSTALL > > > > Of course that will still not guarantee a "no glitch" install > > as each new version of LM since 6.0 has tossed a few quicks into > > the kettle. I have tried not on laptops mind you but on desktop systems > > serveral installs-versus-upgrades and each time the Installs have given > > 95% less trouble. In one case an upgrade took 6-8 hours on on old > > P-120 only to see it crap out anyway which necessitated a clean > > re-install. > > > > BTW Some things which worked in LM 7.1 may not perform the same or > > as well in LM 7.2 while others will work better. Sometimes its a dice roll > > but to us enthusiats and if IT IS NOT A MISSION CRITICAL MACHINE, it > > is well worth the aggravation. > > > > Of course I still would like to know why my generic three button mouse > > instantly recognized and initialized by LM 6.1 has never had the same > > success since !? :) > > > > Good Luck > > > > William Bouterse > > Talkeetna > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > Attachment: message.footer > > MIME Type: text/plain > > --------------------------------------------- > > ----Viktor Lakics---- > > Through the Internet: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 > > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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