RE: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.2

[Franki]

That depends, did you specify /home to be a seperate partition when you setup 7.1???

 

if not, then make a tar.gz file of all the stuff you want to keep.. copy it off that PC and wipe the whole linux partitions. (when diskdrake comes up during the install, you can remove the linux partitions and start from scratch. and this time make a seperate /home directory.)

 

A clean install is faster, neater and less problems then an upgrade.

 

 

good luck,

 

rgds

 

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andre Stevens
Sent: Monday, 26 August 2002 7:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.2

Ok. Thank you Gavin.

Now another question: how do we do a "fresh" install? What files (or directories) should I delete? Should I format the hard drive and start from scratch (if so how would I retain my home directory as you suggest)?

Andre----

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