Re: [newbie] Upgrading Mandrake to a higher version in the future

2000-05-28 Thread Michael
Roman, This is something I need to know too! Good question! =michael= Romanator wrote: Will, I have the ability to upgrade Linux Mandrake 7.0 to a higher number or do I have to overwrite the earlier. What will happen to my files. In addition, I was hoping to update the recent patches.

Re: [newbie] Upgrading Mandrake to a higher version in the future

2000-05-27 Thread Denis HAVLIK
:~Will, I have the ability to upgrade Linux Mandrake 7.0 to a higher :~number or do I have to overwrite the earlier. What will happen to my :~files. In addition, I was hoping to update the recent patches. However, :~they will not download as an update?? Our "Upgrade" is something we will have to

RE: [newbie] Upgrading Mandrake to a higher version in the future

2000-05-27 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
If you start the install process and select "Upgrade"... Mandrake attempts to preserve all of your existing settings. Normally nothing is lost and your configuration remains the same. There is one drawback to this... sometimes newer config files are needed to take advantage of newer features...