> As a newbie to Linux and a happy user of Mandrake 7.1 I too am waiting
> eagerly for the new Mandrake. However as a newbie am already concerned
> about what I would need to do to upgrade to it.
Why are you in such a hurry? Just something to think about. Most
seasoned Unix users tend to move slowly when it comes to upgrades, not the
push and shove to the head of the line that seems to be the case in the
Linux world. Why is that?
> All the horror stories about what you need to do to upgrade a linux
kernal strike fear in our newbie hearts.
Well, if you do an upgrade to a new distribution of Mandrake you won't
have to worry about that at all. If you're going to do a kernal upgrade
manually then it helps to have some background in compiling programs.
> I hope there will be detailed newbie type instructions as what to do to
> upgrade. Even better news would be that all one needs to do is install the
> new version over the old one.
Here are the instructions to go from 7.0 to 7.1.
1) Make system bootable from a CD.
2) Stick CD in and reboot.
3) Select "upgrade"
4) Read a good Linux book until the process is complete
I suspect you can hang onto these instructions Jeff; they'll work from 7.1
to 7.2 as well I'm sure :-)
> > Why don't we just wait for a few more days and .....
>
> What is "a few days more"? When can we expect it?
If they're just starting the process of burning CDs you can bet that it'll
be a couple months before new distros are released.
Cheers --- Larry
ps - I'm as interested as you in 7.2 as I've looked at the beta and it's
got some neat stuff in it. Just poking fun a bit, though my comments
about constantly upgrading do have merit I think.
