On Friday 28 Mar 2003 12:54 pm, Simone Cortesi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is my first try to upgrade mandrake from a previous installation,
> at the moment i'm running 9.0, I already have the 3 ISOs of 9.1.
>
> My filesystem is as follows:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] simone]$ df
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda5             37233384   8610688  26731308  25% /
> /dev/hdc1             39076544  22893632  16182912  59% /mnt/win_c
>
>
> This morning I did try to upgrade this installation, during setup I did
> not find any reference to the fact that mandrake was upgrading the
> system instead of installing it new. It just seemed like a normal
> installation to a formatted hard disk. fearing the unknown I did abort
> the installation before writing anything to disk, so now  I'm safely on
> my "old" 9.0.
>
> Which is the exact way to upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1? where do I read more
> about upgrading? is there any way I can know that mandrake is actually
> upgrading my system instead of installing it clean.
>
> Thanks,
> Simone.

During the install, I think it is after you have set up your mouse a screen 
appears which asks if you are upgrading or installing.  
In any case nothing is written to your hard drive until the partition section.

derek

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