Re: [Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-05-06 Thread Jerome Shidel 
From: Jerome Shidel 



> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:57 PM, David McMackins  wrote:
>
> Call me a noob, but is there a preferred way to upgrade from FreeDOS 1.1
> to 1.2 while keeping configurations intact? I haven't personally loaded
> the new installer yet, but I wanted to check before I tried, since my
> FreeDOS installation is on real hardware.

As with any OS update, it is always a good idea for you to manually backup your
system and important files first.

That being said...

Make sure you have lots of free drive space.

The installer will make a copy of your config files and old DOS directory (if
it will conflict with the new install). It will then, clean out the old DOS
directory, only keeping non-conflicting package data files. Then it will do the
install.

Since the installer makes a backup of all that stuff, You can copy back any
files you may need.




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Re: [Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-05-06 Thread Jerome Shidel 
From: Jerome Shidel 

Also, if you run the installer in advanced mode.

You can choose not to replace your config files, use zip to backup and other
stuff. But, generally I recommend just running the install in normal mode.

If you quit the installer and run it as "setup adv" , it will run in advanced
mode. You can also switch in/out of advanced mode at any question prompt, by
pressing CTRL+C instead of selecting an option.

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[Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-05-06 Thread David McMackins 
From: David McMackins 

Call me a noob, but is there a preferred way to upgrade from FreeDOS 1.1
to 1.2 while keeping configurations intact? I haven't personally loaded
the new installer yet, but I wanted to check before I tried, since my
FreeDOS installation is on real hardware.

Happy Hacking,

David E. McMackins II
Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889)
Life Member, National Rifle Association of America (#226579338)

www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com
www.gnu.org www.fsf.org

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Re: [Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-02-08 Thread Jerome Shidel 
Also, if you run the installer in advanced mode. 

You can choose not to replace your config files, use zip to backup and other 
stuff. But, generally I recommend just running the install in normal mode.

If you quit the installer and run it as "setup adv" , it will run in advanced 
mode. You can also switch in/out of advanced mode at any question prompt, by 
pressing CTRL+C instead of selecting an option. 

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Re: [Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-02-08 Thread Jerome Shidel 


> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:57 PM, David McMackins  wrote:
> 
> Call me a noob, but is there a preferred way to upgrade from FreeDOS 1.1
> to 1.2 while keeping configurations intact? I haven't personally loaded
> the new installer yet, but I wanted to check before I tried, since my
> FreeDOS installation is on real hardware.

As with any OS update, it is always a good idea for you to manually backup your 
system and important files first.

That being said...

Make sure you have lots of free drive space.

The installer will make a copy of your config files and old DOS directory (if 
it will conflict with the new install). It will then, clean out the old DOS 
directory, only keeping non-conflicting package data files. Then it will do the 
install. 

Since the installer makes a backup of all that stuff, You can copy back any 
files you may need.




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[Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-02-08 Thread David McMackins 
Call me a noob, but is there a preferred way to upgrade from FreeDOS 1.1
to 1.2 while keeping configurations intact? I haven't personally loaded
the new installer yet, but I wanted to check before I tried, since my
FreeDOS installation is on real hardware.

Happy Hacking,

David E. McMackins II
Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889)
Life Member, National Rifle Association of America (#226579338)

www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com
www.gnu.org www.fsf.org

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