> Upgrading 7.2 to 8.0 is not really a recommended exercise, despite it
> being an installation option. This is because there have been many
> changes made between 7.2 and 8.0, so an upgrade is quite likely to
> break something. Upgrading also takes far longer, since your system
> must be analysed to see *how* it can be upgraded -- something that
> doesn't need to be done with a clean installation.
I can vouch for that. I tried to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and that already was
a horror trip. A reinstall is much better. And 7.x to 8.0 is even more
recommendable to do a full new install. That's what I did. Make sure you
have all your files in a safe place, take note of the things you installed
since you installed Linux, and set them up again afterwards. Formatting
/ and /usr is the least you need to do when "upgrading", which then will
account for a new install. A good thing too is to have backups of your /var
and /etc files, a lot of info is stored there.
I hope Mandrake stops making dir structure changes soon, to make a proper
upgrade feasible again. When going from 6 to 7 it was quite easy.
Paul
