igotnoluck Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hi all, i have a week until my exams will start and I'm thinking of using this time to reinstall my mandriva 2008 to 2008.1? should I upgrade or not ? thanks, noluck [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Depends. Is there anything in the release notes ( http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Tour ) that you especially want/need? Or do you need to do some revision? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 You could upgrade either using CD/DVD media, or repos direct from the internet and it should be OK. Of course, it would be a good idea after this, to use etc-update to update your config files so that they are using the new ones available with 2008.1 Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 If you have anything on the system that you may need for your exams I wouldn't upgrade until after...don't want to accidentally b0rk something and end up losing necessary data... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Though the upgrade process itself is quite short and simple, I recommend not to upgrade in mission-critical times. Good luck with the exams (It's due to the strike in the first semester, I guess). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 If you have anything on the system that you may need for your exams I wouldn't upgrade until after...don't want to accidentally b0rk something and end up losing necessary data... I second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzeplin Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 I added to second too... Professors would not give any damn about excuses if your poor in exam.. Good luck with exam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnoluck Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 i think i will take your advice and wait until the end of my exams (yes it is because of the strike) and i will reinstall the spring edition on a blank computer instead of upgrading :) thank you all, noluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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