[CALUG] upgrades for a newbie

[jason maxwell]

i recently did it by following this guide:
http://slackware.bgbits.com/slackware/slackware-current/UPGRADE.TXT

you can upgrade pretty easily with swaret too, its sort of like emerge
on gentoo. just be sure to exit X first.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/swaret/

also, slack 10.2 doesnt ship with gnome anymore, so if you want it,
you'll have to get it on your own.
i recommend dropline gnome. there are some problems building hal/dbus
on slackware when installing garnome.
dropline works really well for me.
--Jason


On 10/18/05, Eric K. Dickinson <Eric.Dickinson at nih.gov> wrote:
> The way I do it is sorta like this....
>
> 1) print the /etc/fstab
>
> 2) boot on the Slack install disk (1)
>
> 3) Mount all your partitions under the /mnt directory
> i.e. "mount /dev/hdaX /mnt" where X is your / directory
> "mount /dev/hdaX /mnt/boot" where X is your /boot directory
> until everything is mounted
>
> 4) run pkgtool and select remove packages.
>
> 5) select everything, unfortunately one at a time.
>
> 6) quit pkgtool
>
> 7) run setup and proceed through the normal install of
> your preference.
>
> eric
>
> Eric K. Dickinson CNE, GNU/Linux Geek
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>
> Russ wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > What is the best way to upgrade from Slackware 10.1 to 10.2.  I'm new to
> > Linux and dont know the easiest way to accomplish this.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Russ Main
> >
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