Hi, ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:14:15 +0000 >From: Amol Bharat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [PLUG] Re: Pen Drive detection in Mandrake 10.1 >To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] in> > >How to upgrade without removing existing one.
This is tough one. For two reasons. - For long RPM based distros couldn't upgrade from one version to another successfully. I don't know the situation now but I have had problems with mandrake 8 to mandrake9.2. I also used to use upgrade as an excuse to clean the bloat etc. But I don't do it these days. I am using slackware now for the precisely same reason. The version upgrades work as they are documented. Even if you have source compiled packages and some of the packages already upgraded. - Even if the version upgrade would have worked, RH8 is so old, you cannot upgrade without reinstalling. I would recommend that you start from scratch. >And which Linux is suitable for working with C, VHDL/Verilog >simulator, embedded microprocessors/microcontrollers simulator, Java >programming and Assembly? Any reasonably modern distro. will do. Kubuntu or fedora could be good starting points. Shridhar -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
