Hi

I am running Mandriva and it works fine.

Now they have released a new version of Mandriva.

I have downloaded it.

However, I am afraid to install it for the fear of losing all the necessary data.

It may erase everything by the installation of the latest version.

I am keen to install it if you tell me how to do the job properly.

Of course, I will back-up necessary data to CDs.

When the computer starts, I could select Ubuntu, Mandriva or open SuSE 10.3.

All 3 operating systems work fine.

GRUB helps to make the selection.

I want to install Mandriva or rather upgrade the existing version.

Your thoughts are welcome.

Furthermore, I don't want to change the GRUB;because it works smoothly. The installation shouldn't touch the GRUB settings.

PS
I have even Windows Vista. It is dead. I am not a Windows fan. I just installed a crack version of Windows Vista. It worked fine in the past. Now I get a message saying 'This is not a genuine product'.

I don't care about Windows Vista. I work with Linux for more than 10 years.

You may can upgrade without a reinstallation. Read the wiki first before trying it.

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2009.0_Notes

It should upgrade to 2009.1...I see you have mdv 2007.

Thanks Fred

You gave me the best clue.
There were some problems; it worked partially.
However, now it works.

Now I have the latest Mandriva 2009 Spring version.