On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 00:58, David Guntner wrote: > 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. :-) > > Thoughts? > > --Dave
Personally, I would back up all data (email, IRC chat logs, /etc configuration files, and so on) and then do a clean install. There are good reports out there on LM90 upgrading, and I do think that before you do the final format, it wouldn't hurt to give an upgrade a experimental try. The bad side of things is that there is SO much junk left on a working system from a prior install (/var logs, older configuration files, and many other things) that it makes more sense (to me) to go ahead and corral all the data that's really important and that *really* needs to go into the new install. If I had a system that was non-critical, such as my son's gaming platform, I would not think twice about doing an upgrade. Quick, easy, a time saver. But for my personal workstation, I like for it to be clean as a pin without the slightest bit of junk or useless matter laying around the filesystem. Upgrades would tend to insulate you more from the config files in /etc also (and home), which I don't like cause I feel insulated enough already. (GUI, wizards and other insulations) A virgin install forces me to look at configuration files that I haven't seen since the last install, and refreshes my memory on that stuff. I save a package list record on floppy of the last install (where I did a flat list selection) and then add new packages that might look interesting in 9.0. The older package selection floppy saves usually work just fine on newer LM distro versions. Just my wooden nickel... LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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