Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 to 8.1 update ?
Bernard Victor wrote: I had Mandrake 7.2 running and working pretty well, but got a copy of 8.2 and decided to update. However I found I had lost a lot of my settings. I no longer had read/write access to my Windows partition except as root. Wine would not work, and the Wine conf file seemed to have been moved, so my old conf did not work. Because of this I could not use two essential Windows programs, Quicken and Agent. I have therefore gone back to Mandrake 7.2, but would like to upgrade as I presume that there are quite a few improvements. Can any one help, so that I can access my windows programs without any problems. An e-mail reply would be useful. Bernard Victor Bernard, It's generally accepted that to do a system upgrade from 7.2 to 8.x is not the best way to move from 7.2 to 8.x. There are enough differences between the two version that there are problems after the upgrade is finished. For best results it's recommended that you do a fresh install of Mandrake. Assuming you have a seperate /home partition its perfectly safe to do a fresh install and not lose any of your data files on that partition. you will of course lose your system configuration and will have to do it over again. This can be somewhat aleviated by backing up certain configurations such as Postfix, Procmail, and the like. most of which lives in /etc. If you don't have a serperate /home partition then it would be a good idea to partition your drive so that you do. That way if anything terrible would happen to your installation, such as being mercilessly attacked by the user in such a way that the system gets hosed, then your data files are safe and remain uneffected by the mishap. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 to 8.1 update ?
Even better would be to place the /home partition on a completely separate drive from the system drive (on the off chance that your system drive goes bad). Of course, if you don't have a second drive available, then the suggestion below is perfectly fine in most cases. Most servers I've set up have 3 separate hard drives. One is a dedicated system drive, one is a dedicated /home drive, and the other is a dedicated backup drive. I also typically set up remote encrypted backups as quickly as possible. Michael -- Michael Viron Project Manager / Primary Developer / Manager of Online Operations General Education Online snip If you don't have a serperate /home partition then it would be a good idea to partition your drive so that you do. That way if anything terrible would happen to your installation, such as being mercilessly attacked by the user in such a way that the system gets hosed, then your data files are safe and remain uneffected by the mishap. snip Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 to 8.1 update ?
I had Mandrake 7.2 running and working pretty well, but got a copy of 8.2 and decided to update. However I found I had lost a lot of my settings. I no longer had read/write access to my Windows partition except as root. Wine would not work, and the Wine conf file seemed to have been moved, so my old conf did not work. Because of this I could not use two essential Windows programs, Quicken and Agent. I have therefore gone back to Mandrake 7.2, but would like to upgrade as I presume that there are quite a few improvements. Can any one help, so that I can access my windows programs without any problems. An e-mail reply would be useful. Bernard Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
