Okay. So I've decided to take the plunge and try the upgrade from 5.2, but I have some areas I'm unsure about... The KDE thing has me worried. As I see it I can't just upgrade KDE with the rest as it will be in the 'wrong' place. So I'm thinking I'm going to need to uninstall KDE, upgrade, then reinstall KDE. Qt should be okay tho, right? Now AFAIK glint is gone which means I'll need to use the command line to install KDE again, that's no biggie. Pity tho, altho I do like kpackage, which I'll use once the basics of KDE are up. Any hints as to what spare disk space I will need. I'm low on disk space. Need a new drive, sure, but my box is full and a nice new 8 gig would be nice, but it's not going to be simple. Hence the idea just to upgrade for the moment. Due to upgrades over the years the disk is a little messy, ie::: Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hda6 657613 571371 52274 92% / /dev/hda2 308280 242560 65720 79% /win95 /dev/hdb2 923040 322592 600448 35% /dos1 /dev/hdb5 199047 156754 32013 83% /archive /dev/hdb6 901377 676089 178720 79% /usr The spare space on /dos1 is for xcdroast images (I backup on CD-R as magnetic media is a pain in the tropics) / is taken up mostly with /home which is having a major cleanout and will be reduced, plus KDE will be taken from /opt which will make more room there. Obviously the concern is with /usr and whether there is enough room for the upgrade, then I have to get KDE in. I have Staroffice and WP8 which I use both of, and I'm not sure what else I can pull out of there. I could remove Staroffice for the upgrade as it is 5.0 and I believe I need to upgrade to 5.1, which I now have. Any hints and pitfalls welcome. Think I'm on the right track. /home /etc and /usr/local are backed up, of course, and I'll need to compile the kernal for scsi-emu later on. Am I missing anything. Do I need more disk space for the upgrade... thanks, tim -- --------------------------------------------------------- Tim & Therese Fairchild Atchafalaya Border Collies. Kuttabul, Queensland, Australia. --------------------------------------------------------- Email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage http://www.home.aone.net.au/tims BCs4me List http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/BCs4me BCs4me Page http://members.xoom.com/amosf --------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
