[plug] Mandrake-8 ("M" ??) install

[Bill Kenworthy]

7.0 to 7.0 upgrade is too much effort with too many incompatibilities
unless
your system has a simple set-up.  Best way is to blot the disk and
install
the later version (have just done 8.1 on a dell 8000 laptop, better than
8.0!)  Be sure to use reiserfs too.

I don't know how you installed the original games, but with the library
and
even file system changes, you would be better off reinstalled the best
loved
ones from scratch.

Mandrake 7.2 had a utility you could run to auto-update the kde menus
etc -
I havent had to use it for awhile and cant remember the name.

BillK



-----Original Message-----
From: wayne [mailto:hatari at iinet.net.au]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:01 AM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: [plug] Mandrake-8 ("M" ??) install


Greetings!

After easily loading Mandrake 7.0 and using it for some time I was eager
to
work with Mandrake 8.0.  The interface for loading is professional and
smooth.  Choosing options is a dream.

However after re-booting I now have a problem:  many of the pre-existing
programs do not work.  I investigated the "games" side of things because
this PC was intended for my children.  Only the new games work; the
existing
games do not run.  It seems that the extra games that I selected have
been
loaded into a different directory than the existing games?  So the menus
do
not "link"(?) to programs.  (This is not limited to games - for instance
Abi
Word does not work.)

<< I loaded Mandrake-8 Workstation and Server.  KDE desktop was omitted
- I
only wanted Gnome.  As well, I may have asked a few of the Server
services
not to load at boot.>>

Can you give me any feedback on this?  Has it been a problem for others?
What is the fix?  Do I have to find each of the programs and re-link
them?
Panic!!  I want my Linux!!  Linux!!!

Kind Regards,
wayne  (ex-Windows)