want to upgrade to 3.4Forum: HD Install Topic: want to upgrade to 3.4 started by: bwh1969 Posted by bwh1969 on July 06 2007,17:16
I have 3.3 currently on a partition, frugal install and I guess I should get 3.4 on there. Any time I upgrade, it wipes out my current grub menu.lst on my hard drive. Is there a way to upgrade just the knoppix directory in that partition by doing a "Copy" from the CD or other source? I could save my menu.lst... and copy it back, which I have done in the past, but a "copy" of the directory seems an easier option.
Posted by Juanito on July 06 2007,17:45
With a frugal install you just need to replace /KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX to upgrade. You could try something along these lines:
After reboot you'll be running the new version. Posted by roberts on July 06 2007,21:06
If you can boot from the 3.4 CD then just re-run the Frugal Grub install script. Be sure to say no to the format partition question. By typing 'n' to the format question, results in an upgrade. Your grub menu will be left untouched. I recommend this way, as sometimes, changes occur in the other DSL specific boot files.
Posted by u2musicmike on July 07 2007,20:42
I was thinking about upgrading my frugal but I was thinking since I have persistant home and opt that some of the files might not work with the new version. I usually do a backup, boot up, and restore only certain files. I think Roberts had a list of what to keep in previous posts.
Posted by roberts on July 07 2007,21:10
Nothing in a typical backup is involved with upgrade from 3.3 to 3.4. If you are upgrading from a version prior to 3.3 then please read the site news for each version change. |