hi there. i just upgraded 7.1 to 7.2 and asked the same question as you on this list.
the consensus seems to be that it is better to do a fresh install of 7.2, not an
upgrade. there do seem to be quite a few differences between the two.
7.2 does of course have the "upgrade" option in the install program. but i was warned
this could cause lots of headache.
do you have a seperate /home partition? if not, i suggest you create one now. having
/home (and in my case /backup and /home/user/work) on seperate partitions is great.
when i did the fresh install my software found the preferences from 7.1 and i didn't
have to reconfigure anything. that was 10 out of 10 for coolness.
so -- yes, you can upgrade -- but a fresh install seems to be the better option.
i did have some problems with my install, and yes i am a bit agitated =)
but in all fairness my system is working, all hardware works (save the winmodem of
course) and all the little bugs are things i can sort out with some work.
Adrian Smith
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>>> Nemeth Lorant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:59:57 AM 12/8/00 >>>
Hi!
I tried to upgrade my Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 when 7.1 was released. Well, the
upgrade wasn't successfull, so I dicided to reinstall the whole
system. Now I would like to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I would like to know if
it is possible somehow (I mean the system will be useable after the
upgrade)?
Bye!
Loci
