On Tuesday 27 Sep 2005 21:58, Ricardo Rodriguez wrote: > "I would honestly think about either downloading the 2006 CD's that > are available and upgrade them after 2006 is fully released (which > can be done online very simply), or just hold off and wait." > > Since I am in Central America, waiting to be released and then wait > (and pay extra) for shipping doesn't seem to be the way to go. > No, that's not what Stephen meant. What is available for now is the Release Candidate 2 - that is not quite the final release. If you hang on just a little longer the final release will be available.
> Just checking: becomming a member today would give me access to 2006 > CD's and won't cost me a thing to have it upgraded online. Is that > what you are saying? More or less. Join today, and either use the downloaded RC2 that's available now or wait - about a week? - for the final release to be available to club members. > Do you have the exact link to become a member? http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome - there's a link on the left-hand column for joining. > I > assume I'll have to download 3 CD's in a ISO file, then restart and > install, right? > Nearly. Download the 3 CDs - and BTW, I'd recommend Azureus, whether in linux or windows - then 'burn an image'. All CD writing programs will offer this although the wording may vary a little. That creates the true install disks, including making disk 1 bootable without you having to do anything. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Mandriva hints & tips: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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