On Fri, 04 Oct 2002 22:26:11 +0500 "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings everyone, > > I have succeeded in downloading the Mdk 9.0 iso's and burning them to cd. :) I did >the downloading and burning on a WinXP box, and used md5summer.exe to check the >iso's. All seems to have gone OK. > > I've been using 8.2 for a while, but I would like to ask what is my best option to >install 9.0: should I wipe out my 3 partitions and reinstall 9.0 fresh, or can I >safely save my /home partition from 8.2 to be used in 9.0? > I really don't have any valuable data, but it would be nice to save my preferences. >I do want to do it the way that will insure the best install however. Personally, I would back up /home to CD-R or whatever then install 9.0 from scratch by reformatting all existing partitions. Unfortunately backwards compatibility of initialisation files is far from perfect; Mozilla and OpenOffice.org seem to cause particular difficulties. Then, from the backup, you can put back configuration files (eg Mozilla bookmarks, mail directories, and so on). > Also, should I go with the "recommended" installation, or try the "expert" mode? I'm >not too sure about trying anything that requires I be an "expert" just yet.;) I would try recommended. Expert can pop up some rather obscure options, particularly at the hardware detection stage. > I want to install everything that is required to build rpms from source.....is that >possible? If I choose to install the "development package", will that be close to >getting me there? Yes, as that installs the development libraries and similar. Missing it out means, quite often, that you eventually have to load them one by one. Alastair
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