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Ludootje
10-14-2001, 08:57 AM
I have L-M8.0, I've downloaded the 2nd ISO, I'm now downloading the 1st, but what do I do when I have them? I burn them on a cd and just enter the cd and start the cd? Or do I put diskdrive as 1st boot device in my BIOS and then just run my computer?
phazeman
10-14-2001, 09:56 AM
Are you already running Linux, or you have windoze ?
Ludootje
10-14-2001, 10:33 AM
Originally posted by Ludootje:
<STRONG>I have L-M8.0</STRONG>
I already have Linux :)
Ludootje
10-14-2001, 01:17 PM
can anyone please explain what to do once i have my ISO's? (i want to upgrade, not do a new install)
X_console
10-14-2001, 01:53 PM
No idea how Mandrake works, but pop the CD in, start the boot up, and it will probably ask you if you want to Install or Upgrade.
Yevgeny Fleischman
10-14-2001, 02:41 PM
I was running LM8.0 and I just switched to Slack8.0 through isos. All I did was put in the install disc and follow the directions. Depending on what you have, it should see that you already have a linux partition and then all you have to do is format, but not fdisk. That's what happened to me, anyway.

The only thing that bugs me is that I have two more discs that I don't know what to do with.
Derango
10-14-2001, 03:14 PM
the Drake installer will most definitly ask you if you want to reinstall or upgrade your existing instalation.
scanez
10-14-2001, 03:59 PM
Originally posted by Ludootje:
<STRONG>can anyone please explain what to do once i have my ISO's? (i want to upgrade, not do a new install)

Ludo</STRONG>
Be warned that an upgrade will most likely take much longer than an install.

SC
bdg1983
10-14-2001, 04:19 PM
Be warned that an upgrade will most likely take much longer than an install.

And may not work judging from the experience of others that have posted here.

Upgrading from what?

Set your bios to boot from cd first, plop in the install cd and there you go.