RE: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.2
Thank you Frank! Andre---Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes
RE: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.2
That depends, did you specify /home to be a seperate partition when you setup 7.1??? if not, then make a tar.gz file of all the stuff you want to keep.. copy it off that PC and wipe the whole linux partitions. (when diskdrake comes up during the install, you can remove the linux partitions and start from scratch. and this time make a seperate /home directory.) A clean install is faster, neater and less problems then an upgrade. good luck, rgds Frank -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andre StevensSent: Monday, 26 August 2002 7:25 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.2 Ok. Thank you Gavin. Now another question: how do we do a "fresh" install? What files (or directories) should I delete? Should I format the hard drive and start from scratch (if so how would I retain my home directory as you suggest)? Andre Do You Yahoo!?Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes
Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.2
Ok. Thank you Gavin. Now another question: how do we do a "fresh" install? What files (or directories) should I delete? Should I format the hard drive and start from scratch (if so how would I retain my home directory as you suggest)? AndreDo You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes
Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.2
Andre, That's a nice jump your thinking about making, I would suggest 1st. backing up your IMPORTANT FILES, next do a fresh install..(do NOT delete your home directory (if important info is there) during the install!!) I've tried to do an update before from 7.2 to 8.0 and I ran into some file conflictsbut after I did a fresh install, all worked fine.. As for GUI's YES.. there is a gui for the upgrade but I'm sure most if not all of the fokes on this list and others too will STRONGLY suggest that you do a fresh install. I hope I helped a bit... take care and GOD BLESS Gavin On Sunday 25 August 2002 06:06 pm, you wrote: > With the files I downloaded from the Mandrake website, is is possible to > upgrade from v7.1 to 8.2? Or do I have to trash the old OS and start from > scratch? If so will I be able to simply save my files to floppy? > > How does the upgrade work (is everything done from the command line or is > there a spiffy GUI to use now?)? > > Thanx. > > Andre--- > > > > - > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
