On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:05:40 -0600 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 19 March 2004 07:46 am, brife wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > When I go home tonight I'm planning on upgrading my laptop from > > 9.2 to 10. I've never been through this process so any advice > > would be appreciated. > > > > I have a relatively simple configuration: Linux is the only OS > > on my laptop and I have a single HD partitioned into /, sv > > (swap), and /home partitions. These partitions are 5, .5, and > > 10 gig is size respectively. Unless its necessary I don't have > > any desire to change the sizes. I've downloaded the 3 10.0 ISO > > images and was planning on booting from the first CD to do the > > upgrade. > > > > What I don't know is how an upgrade will affect my / and /home > > partitions. For the most part I have apps installed on the / > > partition and data installed on the /home partition. I'd like > > to keep some apps on the / partition if possible but if I can't > > its no big deal. > > > First, put the CD's you burned in your burner, and run > somethin like 'md5sum /dev/scd0' or 'md5sum /mnt/cdrom2' > You'll need to adjust /dev or /mnt to what your burner actually > is. Check the md5sum against those in the md5sum....asc file to > make sure your CD's are correct. If the numbers don't match, you > may have made a set of unusable or problematic CD's. If that's > the case, then ask here, an tell us how and what you used to burn > the CD's. If they match, then... > > You can try an upgrade, but due to the large kernel an other > differences (KDE/Gnome), I believe only a fresh install will be > satisfactory in the end. Might as well try an upgrade first tho. > Before you start read > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/Mandrake10 > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrakeLinux10ReleaseNotes > > If you then decide to do a fresh install, choose "use existing > partitions", but don't format /home. You will need to format /. > For the apps that are lost, there's probly newer, more 2.6 kernel > compatible apps available anyhow. 'Sides, I always consider a > fresh install to be "spring cleaning" ;) > > On some hardware the 1st CD won't boot. This is known and very > close to being solved. If this happens, boot the 2nd CD and it'll > ask for the 1st one. You should be able to then go on. The > install/upgrade will probly ask for a 4th CD at some point, just > cancel and ignore that request. > > After you're up and runnin, I suggest you create cooker > sources and update to current cooker. Many many bugfixes. One question about this: I know about the new development process for Mandrake, but was wondering if the cooker sources remain Mandrake 10 Community + bugfixes until Official is released. Is that the case, or does cooker go on to do its normal thing once Community is released, then a separate branch is created for the upcoming Official release. Sorry, just a little confused here. John -- Fri Mar 19 13:56:04 CST 2004 ------------------------------ Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 You can drive a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
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