On Wednesday 22 January 2003 09:23 am, robin wrote:
> Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> > Okay, I've got the 3 CD download edition of Mandrake 9.0 installed. Whats
> > the best way to upgrade to the 7 CD version? I know I can keep partitions
> > and filesystems, but should I just do a complete reinstall, or is there a
> > better way?
> >
> > Any suggestions are appreciated!
>
> I've never had more than 2 CDs to my name, but I would guess you could
> just go to Software Sources Manager, add the new CDs as sources and
> disable the old ones.
>
> Sir Robin
DON"T do it that way.... my experiance was like this;

Error scenario: When using urpmi or rpmdrake, there is an error about package 
not found before accessing the CD-ROM. Another possible error message is 
"Everything already installed." 
Why: The installer misconfigured the medium description of Contribution 
packages. 
Solution: Insert the Installation CD (CD-ROM #1) and issue the command 
"urpmi.update cdrom8" as root. 


and if the Powerpack CD is the one in the drive, you get all the new packages 
in the proper places (ie; correct CDrom name, when asked to change CDroms) so 
you can select or urpmi to your fingers contentent. 
either that or boot from the cdrom and "updtae packages only", but I think 
that way takes forever

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