"David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I note on the Mandrake site what appears to be an announcement that 9.0 > final has been released and is currently downloadable and preorders are > being taken for the boxed set. > > Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if doing an upgrade from 8.2 to 9.0 > is a doable thing, or is wipe-and-load-from-scratch the way to go? I tried > doing an upgrad from 8.1 to 8.2 that wound up not working quite as well as > advertised, and I just wanted to know if I should skip the "try to upgrade" > step and go straight to the "clean install after wiping" step. :-)
The best advice is always whipe-clean-and-install because some packages have been dropped and some added between releases, and those can make an upgrade a real PITA. Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger.... For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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