On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just download and start the installer and tell it to upgrade. Works just
fine.
Paul
I would like to upgrade from Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1. Since I am new to
Mandrake, I am unsure of the correct procedure. Do I simply down load all
the files on the 7.1
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, M.O. Richardson wrote:
Paul:
Thanks for your reply. I'm feeling a little dense right now, but what do
you mean when you say installer? Is there a file on the 7.1 tree called
installer or are you referring to the Drakconf? Thanks.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Since I have never done
if you've a partition on your hd that is of sufficient size and is planned to
still exist after the upgrade download the entire "Mandrake" directory to
that partition...(by the entire "Mandrake" diectory, i mean that directory
which contains only the three subdirectories: RPMS, base, and
Are you going to do an ftp install from one of the Linux-Mandrake mirror sites? If
you are, then go to the fastest download site you can find (I like
ftp://phyppro1.phy.bnl.gov/pub/linux-mandrake/7.1/, it blazes) and:
1) In the /images directory, download the file called "network.img". If you
Whoops, I forgot to mention this obvious way of doing it. The only problem is
that the full dowload will take eons longer than selecting only the packages that
you need for a workstation, development, or server install. If the directories
are anything like the ISO image of the disk, then the
I would use DrakConf as I have just done an install with it to upgrade
errata. If it doesn't come on the 7.0 distro, you might be able to
download it, install, and then run it. It downloads the packages
and installs them for you. If you want to muck about, don't use it.
but if you have work to
please send e-mail in plain text not html, thanks.
--
Keith
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I would use DrakConf as I have just done an install with it to upgrade
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