Wal-Mart shipping PCs with Lindows preinstalled
Tia Haenni
thaenni at kc.rr.com
Wed Jun 19 15:39:47 CDT 2002
so, if I did "upgrade", how does this work, does the new dist of RH detect a previous version or is
it a matter of manually replacing packages? Yes, I have no clue.
Tia
On 6/19/2002 10:12 AM, phase at booyaka.com wrote:
>> How does it work when you reinstall Linux, do you "upgrade" the
>OS,
>> uninstall the old OS and install the new or what?
>
>the answer is "yes." i've done it both ways. i "upgraded" from
>redhat
>5.2 to 6.0 and 6.0 to 6.1. it works okay, but you'll have to tweak
>some
>settings to get everything working right. i've been running 6.1
>ever
>since. at first, i updated individual packages, and then redhat
>changed
>their rpm system enough that it no longer worked. so when i've needed
>to upgrade or add software, i've been compiling from source. it's
>really not as tough as it sounds at first. however, i'm looking
>forward
>to building a new machine later this year and installing the latest
>and
>greatest distribution.
>
>one tip: you should create a separate partition for your home
>directories and any other personal files. that way, you can format
>the
>root partition and install a fresh distro without losing your personal
>files.
>
>phase
>
>
>
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