On February 25, 2004 04:22 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > Once you have Mandrake 10RC1 installed, is it possible to upgrade to 10 > when it is released, or must you download, burn, and install again? If so I > might as well start downloading now. Maybe I should save some of my > wireless config files with PM first...yes, that would be a good idea... > > Thanks > Marc
Marc; In case you haven't noticed, most of the dificulties we've seen on the list in the last few weeks have been related to systems that were upgraded in one form or another. KDE, Kernels, K3B, KKK ( oops! Now How'd that get in there? ), etc. It takes about the same time to install as it does to upgrade, but with an install, you don't have to worry about any remnants left behind from an upgrade that may cause a lot of problems. If you created a Package List Floppy ( you did , didn't ya? ), and you make sure that you don't format your /home partition, an install will take about 15 to 20 minutes and in the meanwhile, you can make plans to take over the world, join an online dating service, or run around the house covered in,... NEVERMIND! If you make a point of "re-mounting" your /home partition without reformatting it, you can keep your emails, desktop config, and all those "downloads" in one piece. Also, you can copy any of your custom config files over to /home or a floppy diskette and just copy them back afterwards. Besides, you've got a FAT32 partition that you can move files temporarily over to, don't ya? After all, other than storing some good old Linux stuff that partition is only good for ( ugh! ) Windows ! And who really uses that anymore! Grin! -- Lanman Registered Linux user #190712 Running Mandrake 10.0 RC1 in fine fettle!
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