Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread civileme
Brian wrote: I guess I should hve been more clear. How can I update the programs that I have installed to the current versions that are in 8.2 over the net? I do not want to update it with a cdrom. In Debian I just did apt-get update and i was able to update my system without doing a complete

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 21 March 2002 08:38 pm, linux wrote: Hi I have Mandrake 8.1 and I would like to upgrade my packages to 8.2. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Just an opinion. Do a fresh install, not an upgrade. If you have a separate /home dir partition, don't re-format

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread shane
On Friday 22 March 2002 00:03, FemmeFatale opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Hah! I say to you Sir! I'm ready to duel you over that comment about no linux users! :) Sarcastic wanker... as my wife will tell you, sarcastic does not begin to describe me wamker? well lets

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread Brian
Hello I am the one who started this post and after getting some feedback here are my thoughts: First off I would like to thank everyone for their help,one of the strengths of linux is the friendly support from other users. Now the not so good. I have been using Debian for a year and after

RE: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread Myers, Dennis R NWO
Title: RE: [newbie] Update help please -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Update help please Hello I am the one who started this post and after

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread Charlie
On March 22, 2002 01:12 am, Civileme spake thusly: Well, you could put a mirror with the 8.2 packages on your update list with Software Manager, and check what you want to update and do that until you are at 8.2, but that would be a painful experience, though it would (eventually) work.

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread civileme
Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Update help please Hello I am the one who started this post and after getting

RE: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-21 Thread Mithrilhall2000
I'm looking to do the same. I really want to know if I'll have to reconfigure everything, such as SAMBA, Proftpd, and my two hotline servers? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of linux Sent: March 21, 2002 6:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-21 Thread civileme
Mithrilhall2000 wrote: I'm looking to do the same. I really want to know if I'll have to reconfigure everything, such as SAMBA, Proftpd, and my two hotline servers? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of linux Sent: March 21, 2002 6:39 PM To:

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-21 Thread Brian
I guess I should hve been more clear. How can I update the programs that I have installed to the current versions that are in 8.2 over the net? I do not want to update it with a cdrom. In Debian I just did apt-get update and i was able to update my system without doing a complete install. Brian

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-21 Thread Miark
That's what urpmi is for (which MandrakeUpdate uses). But aside from this is how I used to do it, what's wrong with using the CDs? I personally would rather have fresh RPMs at my fingertips on CD than to have to download everything. Miark On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:48:42 -0700, Brian [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-21 Thread FemmeFatale
OK I've tried 12 times to add a frigging server to Update! No joy! EVER! It won't add them! It gives me an error all the time? I don't get it...and if I just try to update using the wizard it finds nada ofc. *argh?* Femme Miark wrote: That's what urpmi is for (which MandrakeUpdate