[NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake X update

[Peter A. Koren]

I always end up doing a fresh install. That is because no update has
ever worked properly for me with any distribution. I keep key stuff in
directories in partitions that do not get reformatted -- often
symlinking the data to my home directory, so that I don't lose key data.
A lot of stuff also goes in /usr/local, which I have as a separate
partition that survives the fresh install. But back that up elsewhere
too. I forgot that last bit of my own advice on some data -- not
critical fortunately -- and lost it all early Christmas morning when my
boot hard drive crashed. It is a goner.

-- Pete


On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 14:08, Wayne Patterson wrote:
> Chuck,
> I cut my teeth on Mandrake and loved it. But, every time I did an update 
> it screwed up all sorts of stuff.
> I quit Mandrake for this reason alone. I went to red hat and they 
> decided to stick it to the little guys like me.
> So I'm looking for something else.
> So... the answer is No! It is not and isolated case. It happened every 
> time I tried an update.
>