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Is this possible in Mandriva, or do I have to do a fresh install? If so, how do I go about it? I've been using Mandy for about a year now but have always done a clean install when a new one comes out, and never even bothered to check if I can just do a system upgrade.
Let me know. Thanks in advance.
Intel Core i3-8100, 16GB Corsair DDR4 2400 RAM, 240GB Crucial SSD+1TB HDD, Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
5 Cups of Ubuntu
That's funny! you ask in a Ubuntu forum stuff about mandriva! that's silly, Mr BigSilly!!!
However, mandriva 2009 is really beautiful! a pity ubuntu is not so good looking.
Cheers!!
Grande Half-n-Half Cinnamon Ubuntu
yes it is possible.
I successfully updated my spring desktop and my spring sub-notebook to 2009.0 using the wiki. Note however that both machines were using KDE3.5.9 and were upgraded to KDE 3.5.10 NOT KDE4 (I didn't want them to have KDE4). I think if you use the upgrade feature on the DVD/CD, it will upgrade you to KDE4 if you currently use KDE3.
The update wiki I used is here: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2009.0_N...om_2008_Spring
Last edited by Antman; October 13th, 2008 at 12:57 AM.
A Carafe of Ubuntu
I did an upgrade from 2008 spring to 2009 via the web. It took a long time though, 5+ hours!
May the Ubuntu Be With You!
Erk! Well I am registered on the Mandriva forums, but I knew the Mandy fans on the Ubuntu forums would be quicker to answer.Originally Posted by fabietto0102
Thanks for your replies dudes. I think I'll just do a clean install then. I don't see the point hanging around for 5 hours and over trying to update when a clean install takes 10 minutes.
Thanks again.
Intel Core i3-8100, 16GB Corsair DDR4 2400 RAM, 240GB Crucial SSD+1TB HDD, Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
Grande Half-n-Half Cinnamon Ubuntu
A Carafe of Ubuntu
Well the PC in question is a six year old HP Pavilion with a 667MHz Celeron processor and is powered by a team of specially trained gerbils.
Grande Half-n-Half Cinnamon Ubuntu
Cookies and cream
It's likely more the speed of the mirror you're downloading from than the speed of your system.
There is indeed a graphical in-line upgrade from 2008 Spring to 2009 (this is a new feature, we've never done it before). As I announced at the official forum, we temporarily disabled it late last night for a few days to fix some bugs that had become apparent once it got made public - mostly to do with mirrors being un-sync'ed or very busy, or with systems not having enough hard disk space to complete the upgrade.
A Carafe of Ubuntu
I am sure that plays a big part but believe me this is a slooooooow PC. Apart of the steam powered CPU the hard drive is living on borrowed time. You should see the HD activity LED flash when it is doing even the simplest of processes. I think if it wasn't for the fact I have all my data on an external HD it would have given up the ghost long before now.
Having said all that, it can run the latest Mandriva perfectly fine, I don't think XP would have a chance far less Vista!
Last edited by Vulpus; October 14th, 2008 at 07:20 PM.
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