Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:26:52 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boot from CD1 and select 'Upgrade' > It will not touch the contents of your /home > > But be aware this is a **beta** there **will** be things wrong with it. > > Some things that currently work fine may stop working. I did installed RC2; a fresh new installation, keeping my /home partition; this time I did not installed KDE (I don't use it) but Gnome and some other lighter wm; the only problem till now is harddrake doesn't work, but every single tool (draksound, ecc) does work when launched. It all seems smoother and quicker than in 10.1, almost like in Ubuntu 5.04 (which also is installed on my system); and microphone and sound recorder finally work :-) -- Smiley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 20:46, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > Should I suggest that for future installs on the twiki? I also > thought that the default for root seemed small. If you can see a page that would benefit from that, by all means add it. Anything that helps you may also help someone else. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpN4PqzZh1yQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:42:54 +, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 21 Mar 2005 20:12, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > > > My home is on a searate partition. I am just unfamiliar with the > > upgrade process. I started with a blank machine and let Mandrake do > > the rest. At installation, it created the 5 gig root, 1 gig swap, and > > 24 gig home partitions. I am not sure what files get upgraded and > > what files get left alone. > > In any future install, if you select 'use existing partitions' it will > overwrite your root partition (it formats it first) but it will only format > your /home directory if you choose to let it. I'd say that 5GB is not very > big, though, so in a future install, if you have any spare space create > another partition, say 4GB, for /usr. That should take some of the strain > off it. > > Anne > -- > Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels > > > Should I suggest that for future installs on the twiki? I also thought that the default for root seemed small. -- Christopher Taylor - Registered Linux User #383327 If this message is sent to a mailing list please 'Reply to List' or re-write the To field. This will save on a lot of duplicate emails going out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 20:12, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > My home is on a searate partition. I am just unfamiliar with the > upgrade process. I started with a blank machine and let Mandrake do > the rest. At installation, it created the 5 gig root, 1 gig swap, and > 24 gig home partitions. I am not sure what files get upgraded and > what files get left alone. In any future install, if you select 'use existing partitions' it will overwrite your root partition (it formats it first) but it will only format your /home directory if you choose to let it. I'd say that 5GB is not very big, though, so in a future install, if you have any spare space create another partition, say 4GB, for /usr. That should take some of the strain off it. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpqiVCsrWtES.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:12:46 +, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 21 Mar 2005 18:10, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > I am debating whether or not to upgrade to the 10.2 beta. Primarily > > the updates in KDE are appealing and some of the others as well. I > > know that I can get the iso's via bittorrent. Once burnt, how do I go > > about doing the upgrade? My main concern making sure that I don't > > lose any data. I can certainly backup my home directory to cd, but if > > I have to setup the users again then the ids will be wrong. Thanks in > > advance. > > Christopher, from this I take it that you don't have your /home on a separate > partition? We generally recommend having a separate partition because any > reinstall or upgrade can leave that partition alone, so there's no > possibility of losing data. > > If you have any spare space, make a new partition and get all your /home > copied onto it. I seem to recall people saying that if you create a > partition in Mandrake Control Center and say that you want it to be mounted > as /home it will ask if you want your data copying across. Perhaps someone > could confirm this? > > Anne > -- > Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels > > > My home is on a searate partition. I am just unfamiliar with the upgrade process. I started with a blank machine and let Mandrake do the rest. At installation, it created the 5 gig root, 1 gig swap, and 24 gig home partitions. I am not sure what files get upgraded and what files get left alone. -- Christopher Taylor - Registered Linux User #383327 If this message is sent to a mailing list please 'Reply to List' or re-write the To field. This will save on a lot of duplicate emails going out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 18:10, Christopher Taylor wrote: > I am debating whether or not to upgrade to the 10.2 beta. Primarily > the updates in KDE are appealing and some of the others as well. I > know that I can get the iso's via bittorrent. Once burnt, how do I go > about doing the upgrade? My main concern making sure that I don't > lose any data. I can certainly backup my home directory to cd, but if > I have to setup the users again then the ids will be wrong. Thanks in > advance. Christopher, from this I take it that you don't have your /home on a separate partition? We generally recommend having a separate partition because any reinstall or upgrade can leave that partition alone, so there's no possibility of losing data. If you have any spare space, make a new partition and get all your /home copied onto it. I seem to recall people saying that if you create a partition in Mandrake Control Center and say that you want it to be mounted as /home it will ask if you want your data copying across. Perhaps someone could confirm this? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpvDc6ZgF3J6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
On Monday 21 March 2005 18:10, Christopher Taylor wrote: > I am debating whether or not to upgrade to the 10.2 beta. Primarily > the updates in KDE are appealing and some of the others as well. I > know that I can get the iso's via bittorrent. Once burnt, how do I go > about doing the upgrade? My main concern making sure that I don't > lose any data. I can certainly backup my home directory to cd, but if > I have to setup the users again then the ids will be wrong. Thanks in > advance. Boot from CD1 and select 'Upgrade' It will not touch the contents of your /home But be aware this is a **beta** there **will** be things wrong with it. Some things that currently work fine may stop working. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta
I am debating whether or not to upgrade to the 10.2 beta. Primarily the updates in KDE are appealing and some of the others as well. I know that I can get the iso's via bittorrent. Once burnt, how do I go about doing the upgrade? My main concern making sure that I don't lose any data. I can certainly backup my home directory to cd, but if I have to setup the users again then the ids will be wrong. Thanks in advance. -- Christopher Taylor - Registered Linux User #383327 If this message is sent to a mailing list please 'Reply to List' or re-write the To field. This will save on a lot of duplicate emails going out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
