On Wed, 07 Jun 2000 - Denis HAVLIK, you wrote:
| Hi, folks
|
| It feels strange when I have to reply to my own message but... I thought
| that "upgrade" is an extremely important topic, yet no one wants to
| discuss it. Does it mean that you are not interested (so we should stop
Hi Denis,
Upgrade ... the biggest thing I have always expected from an upgrade
no matter what the OS, is safety and reliability. I don't want to lose
what I have and I want it to reliably upgrade the 'packages' or 'programs'
included with the operating system while maintaining compatibility
with
So what's in /etc/resolv.conf?
What does nslookup www.linux-mandrake.com say?
Bill
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From: McDonald, John GSM1 (SIMASD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 5:11 PM
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Subject: RE: [expert] Re: DISCUSION Upgrade
wall along with numerous other security
implementations, again this system configuration has not changed in the last
month!
Have any ideas?
Mac
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From: vern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert
I expect to be able to upgrade from a prior version much easier
than I did from Mdk 6.1 to Mdk 7.0. I would want to upgrade without
having to trash my present setup. I tried to upgrade from 6.1 earlier
this year and some things functioned some didn't, I had to do a clean
install to get a full fun
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote:
> Hi, folks
>
> It feels strange when I have to reply to my own message but... I thought
> that "upgrade" is an extremely important topic, yet no one wants to
> discuss it. Does it mean that you are not interested (so we should stop
> worying about upgrade
Seems to me that there's been *lots* of discussion on this, but . . .
1. What I *expect* is for an upgrade to mess up my system completely, so
I don't even bother trying; I just backup my personal files and do a
"from scratch" install. This is based on long and unhappy experience
with Linux upg
Denis,
The problem with expectations is that they area rarely met. However, my
expectations are a flawless install and a program that is not a bloated,
buggy mess. At a minimum I expect:
1- my video card and monitor to be supported without being put in the
position of having to immediately update
Hey Denis,
Give us some time to download/burn iso's or however we we go about
getting the latest and greatest version 7.1. When that's bedded down, you can
expect the usual flood of replies ;).
Thanks,
Muzza.
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote:
> Hi, folks
>
> It fe
