Dennis wrote: > Trane Francks wrote: >> On 11/12/13 8:10 AM +0900, goodwin wrote: >>> On 11/11/2013 09:54 AM, HilsB wrote: >>> >>>> HilsB wrote: >>>>> Yes it does - if anything a little faster. >>>>> A few bits of advice - 1) backup everything 2)Close down all >>>>> programmes 3) allow a few hours. >>>>> >>> >>> academic question only - what does allowing a few hours do and where >>> does it do it? >>> >>> not a mac user nor SM... >>> >> Backing up your system and then doing an in-place upgrade will take "a >> few hours", same as with Windows or Linux. That is, if Linux has evolved >> enough to actually do in-place upgrades. (Not that I'd do one; I always >> do a clean install and then migrate my profile from the existing backup. >> That takes even longer.) >> > > If "in-place upgrade" is supposed to mean an OS upgrade like say from > OpenSuse 11.4 to 12.0 or 12.0 to 12.1, then yes, 'linux' has been able > to do that for years! OpenSuse calls it a distribution upgrade. And it > surely doesn't take a few hours!!! With a good cable internet connection > it only takes 45 min to an hour. Download the DVD and it only takes > about 15 min for the upgrade then another 15 minutes for misc packages > not on the DVD. A clean install is even faster, just backup then keep > the same /home directory! Absolutely painless! > > Dennis >
make that "... 11.4 to 12.1 or 12.1 to 12.2 ..." Dennis _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
