galaxy3001 Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I have a dual-boot machine with win2k and mandrake 8.0. Is it possible to upgrade from 8.0 to 10.0? BTW, is celeron 800 laptop too slow to run 10.0? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Officially, upgrades are possible. In reality, they are usually a nightmare that never ends. I can't explain it. The thing to do is to create a /home partition, store your personal effects and other files there, always do a clean install, and never reformat the /home partition. Yes you have to rebuild your special custom programs that you installed, but everything will work as it should. B) The celery should be fine. How much ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxy3001 Posted August 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Officially, upgrades are possible. In reality, they are usually a nightmare that never ends. I can't explain it. The thing to do is to create a /home partition, store your personal effects and other files there, always do a clean install, and never reformat the /home partition. Yes you have to rebuild your special custom programs that you installed, but everything will work as it should. B) The celery should be fine. How much ram? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the info. I have 320MB Ram on the laptop. When I install, will I be asked to preserve the /home partition? Will it know to re-install only over the Linux partition (namely keep my win2k untouched)? Is there anything I need to do before installation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 (edited) If will ask whether or not you want to format the /home. And it will give you an option to use existing Linx partitions. Should all be good. Edited August 7, 2004 by spiedra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 What I describe works only if you have a seperate /home partition. If you don't, make one now, and move your stuff into it. Otherwise, everything is in one partition, /, and it will be erased with a freash install. Linux will not harm your windex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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