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11-06-2004, 02:03 AM
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Registered: May 2001
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Upgrading from 10.0 to 10.1 how ?
Hi
I wish to upgrade from Mandrake 10.0 to 10.1. Can it be done ? and how ? (not using cd's)
Second. Is there anywhere I can download 10.1 DVD ISO, without being Mandrake Club member ?
Thanks
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11-06-2004, 01:19 PM
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Distribution: Ubuntu
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i think to get to 10.1 you have to reinstall...... i'm pretty shure its not like windoze where you can just install a patch but, i could be wrong.
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11-06-2004, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Devuan
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Just put your 10.1 cd1 in and reboot.
You'll get an option to install or UPGRADE.
choose upgrade and the setup will take you some of the way, confirming your location, keys, and such as in the install, but will take over and upgrade the installed components/packages you have installed.
you'll need to reset your location, keyboard, lan/net settings etc at the end.(so make some notes if you're not familiar)
MDK 10.1 is Smoother/ nicer, has Kernel 2.6.8.1 and kde3.3/3.2.
The interfaces are glossier too.
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11-07-2004, 01:48 AM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Ubuntu
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do i need to download and burn all three ISO's again?
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11-07-2004, 04:19 PM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Outlying D.C.
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Yes you need to download all three initial CD's.
However you are better off performing a clean install, as the upgrade process normally leaves some older files and configurations around that interfere with the newer version.
If you absolutely MUST preserve the content of the existing home directories you can do this.
Download any LiveLinux distro and burn it to CD.
Boot from the LiveLinux Distro and mount your old Linux partitions.
Tar off your configuration files...
e.g.
cd /mnt/OLDLinux/
tar -czvf /mnt/OLDLinux/home/USERNAME/savedetc.tar.gz /mnt/OLDLinux/etc/*
This places a copy off all of the etc files in your USERNAME home directory.
Save off a copy of the old fstab file which will be needed by the installer.
cp /mnt/OLDLinux/etc/fstab /mnt/OLDLinux/home/USERNAME
Now delete EVERYTHING except the home directories.
cd /mnt/OLDLinux
rm -rf etc var usr bin lib opt sbin tmp boot sys proc initrd dev
This will clean off your system of the existing intall.
BEFORE you reboot you MUST restore the fstab file.
cp /mnt/OLDLinux/home/USERNAME/fstab /mnt/OLDLinux/etc.
Shutdown and boot from the intallation CD or DVD.
Tell it that you want to do a NEW install but when you get to the partitioning omit formatting ANYTHING.
If the installer does not read the fstab file automatically help it by setting up exactly the same partition structure mount points you had before.
Now do the install.
This will give you a clean healthy install while preserving home directories w/o having to back up to other media.
You can always refer to the tar file you created if you want to see how you had prior files set up after the install. DO NOT untar the file back over /etc.
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11-08-2004, 01:43 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Devuan
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You could try this, just select the version of mdk you want, and follow the directions.
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
Good advice above though....
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11-08-2004, 02:35 AM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 157
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i think i might just stay with 10 for a while..
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