On Thursday 21 March 2002 08:38 pm, linux wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have Mandrake 8.1 and I would like to upgrade my packages to 8.2.
> Can someone please point me in the right direction?
Just an opinion. Do a fresh install, not an upgrade. If you
have a separate /home dir partition, don't re-format it during the
install and you might probly be OK ;) A better method is to save a
copy of your current /home dir, and just move back into the new 8.2
/home dir things like personal files and directories, and trusted app
config and storage files, eg, like /Mail for Kmail. Checking for any
problems as you do so.
My two main reasons for this are you should be backing up at least
/home on a regular basis anyhow, and some stale old 8.1 config files
may cause unexpected or unwanted results runnin on a newer release.
Generally application files will be OK, it's the system config files
which may present unfortunate situations. Takes just a few minutes
longer, but think of it as spring cleaning, and quality assurance ;)
Well, actually there's other reasons. Any software apps not
shipped with the distro probly have newer versions available. So d/l
the new one and install it rather than tryin to save the older one.
FWIW, I always install the new distro into one big '/', but I keep a
storage partition (/stor ;) in which I regularly keep a bakup copy of
/home.
Last but not least, if you use closed source proprietary (ie, non
free as in speech) applications or drivers, install them last.
There's good reasons besides being closed source they're not included
in the distro. By their nature, they can't be supported or checked
for compatibility and security. So if ya just have to have 'em, it's
your responsibility to check that they don't cause conflicts or other
problems.
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