On Sunday 22 September 2002 6:21 pm, Angus Auld wrote: <snip> > Charlie, thanks so much for the explanation of the whole procedure! I think > I can do it now even! It's a bit intimidating, to be sure. I am pretty much > committed to Linux at this point, and Mdk is where its at I believe. I am > already running with devfsd-1,3.25-1.1mdk, which I upgraded a while back, > will that simplify things some?
I agree with that analysis. Mandrake seems to try harder than the other distributions I've tried. Having done that update will make it easier. :-) You can skip the two edits of lilo.conf since you don't have to upgrade devfs. Just follow the rest of the steps. > > I am dual booting w/Windows still (just makes me feel "safer"), but I hope > to outgrow that soon! When I make the move to Mdk9, I may just go all Mdk. > I really have been reverting back to MS very little the past while, and I > feel quite good about that too. ;-) You're gonna like Mandrake 9. IT'S SWEET!!! :-) > > Does my dual-boot present any special concerns for the kernel upgrade? Makes 'no never minds no how' Angus. I know what you're saying with the lack of boots into Windows. I reclaimed my disk space when I realized I hadn't booted Windows for almost three months. > > I have created a /tmp/kernel folder where I will download the necessary > packages. I am thankful that I don't have to download all of the ones that > were listed! I will start the process tonight. No doubt I will be looking > for your learned advice again. > All the best, and thank you again. If you start talking to me that way I'll run and hide Angus. I'm still a gnubie myself; I just suffer from insatiable curiosity, and I learn fairly quickly. You can do this, I have no doubt. > > > --Angus > > "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in > awareness."--James Thurber > > Reg. Linux User #278931 You're very welcome, I hope it was useful information. Let the list know how it works out for you? Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org We're here to give you a computer, not a religion. - attributed to Bob Pariseau, at the introduction of the Amiga
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