The Best way to upgrade to 10.1

Boffy · 11-21-2004, 11:04 AM

I really want to have mandrake 10.1 so i can get amarok. I have tried installing it on 10.0 to no avail. Does anyone have any advice of the upgrading my nice stable version of 10.0 to 10.0. I'm willing to try anything.

Boffy

caladbolg · 11-21-2004, 03:21 PM

Download the boot.iso, burn it to a CD, and do an ftp upgrade

http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/in...showtopic=9345

Boffy · 11-22-2004, 02:22 AM

How long will this take and is it any less reliable than an iso install.

opjose · 11-22-2004, 03:36 AM

Since you probably do not need to install every single item initially, getting the system up and running should be fairly fast.

The packages will not install until they are fully downloaded anyway.

Other distros use a similiar mechanism, wherein everything is pulled down over the net.

If you have a decent internet connection it should not be problematic.

Boffy · 11-22-2004, 04:20 AM

Thanks i have a quick connection (768kbits). I will give it a try. Any estimations for how long i should expect.

Boffy

opjose · 11-22-2004, 06:08 AM

Assuming you select KDE and Developement 2-3 hours at 300-400kbps.

caladbolg · 11-22-2004, 06:36 AM

I had an hour and a half at ~190kbps with more than that.

opjose · 11-22-2004, 07:02 AM

Yeah, I'm being overly pessimistic...

caladbolg · 11-22-2004, 08:19 PM

oh, I wasn't doing it to put you down or anything. I was just having my say. no hard feelings.

opjose · 11-22-2004, 08:29 PM

None taken, and you are correct.

Boffy · 11-24-2004, 02:15 AM

I found that I can install amarok without upgrading. Just using the 10.1 urpmi mirrors :-).

Boffy