how do I upgrade to Slack 8.0

[n.u.r.v.u.s.]

I downloaded Slack 8.0 iso on my windows machine and burned it for use on my Linux machine. It currently has Slack 7.1 on it. How do I upgrade from the burnt iso (8.0) to what I already have on my harddrive (7.1) after i mount the cd. Where do I go from mounting the 8.0 iso.

Thank you

[bdg1983]

Nolen,

Have you tried booting from the Slackware 8.0 CD to see if there's a upgrade option? That would be my guess unless Slackware has something on their site about it.

I've never upgraded any of my distros as I don't really trust the upgrade. But that's my opinion. Same for Windows as I always install fresh.

BYW... How did the Corel Photo-Paint work out?

[ 10 September 2001: Message edited by: mdwatts the 3rd ]

[n.u.r.v.u.s.]

Corel PHOTOPAINT is no bueno, I could not get it to install.
I guess I should just leave my version alone, huh. I dont guess that there is any need to upgrade. You know what, I am tempted to just install caldera just so we are on the same distro. :)

[bdg1983]

Wouldn't hurt to give Workstation 3.1 a try. If you don't like it, you can always go back to Slack.

I installed it last Friday on my main work pc and everything was detected and setup. Even the cdwriter.

If your going to try, then I would suggest you do so soon as I'm on vacation this week and have more time to help.

[r0nster]

You can upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0 via the upgrade option but before doing that, back up your stuff first! Coming from a previous Windoze environment, never put trust in an "upgrade" option.
What I would do: since I have multiple partitions, / ,/usr, /home, I'll keep my /home partition and re-format the others and do an install.
Go ahead and "upgrade" if you want, just be ready for a minute chance of things getting b0rked after upgrading. <branch to off-topic rant>
Some like having just a big / to contain everything. I like having my multiple partitions because it makes upgrading easier, and in case the filesystem gets horribly hosed, I don't lose much. </return from branch>

[ 10 September 2001: Message edited by: r0nster ]