[TriLUG] Mandrake 8.0->8.1 upgrade question

[Rick Gatewood]

On Monday 29 October 2001 10:25 am, you wrote:
If you upgrade using the installer, it will only replace the files that need 
to be upgraded. If you have been keeping the system updated it will not take 
very long to do the upgrade. I have done both upgrades and clean installs 
(/home is separate partition) The clean install works better for me, but if 
you don't want to go through that again just use the upgrade function of the 
installer.
> I seem to change computers often enough that I've NEVER actually done
> a packaged upgrade of Linux (I've upgraded individual packages, of course).
> I'm very selective about the packages that I install, so I always choose
> the 'expert' installtion (despite my decidedly non-expert status) and go
> through the entire package list, selecting what I do/don't want.
>
> So the question is:
> What's the best way to perform the upgrade?  I tried adding the new CDs
> to Mandrake's "Software Manager" list, but when I try to upgrade the
> packages (even if I select just one) I get an error that the packages
> are "already installed"
>
> If I boot the installer, will it remember what packages I installed and
> only upgrade those packages?  Or will I have to re-select all my packages
> again?
>
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> Chris Merrill
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