Re: alternative cd for edgy

Thanks for the answer to my question about overwriting files.
I am thinking of doing a fresh install from the Alternative CD anyway as
changes have been made to my etc/aps/sources.list file and I am not sure
if it has got messed up so I am pleased a fresh install shouldn't give
me problems and give me a fresh file in case I have problems doing apt.
I don't really have much on my laptop at the moment although someone
from one of my Linux Groups gave me some notes about stuff to do with
Linux which I will copy to my USB stick before I re-install and I have
already taken copies of other stuff I want to keep.
One reason I want to do a fresh install is to see if I can get my
Software Dectalk working as I may have to work on Gnome Speech to get
Orca to recognise the Synthesiser unless this is less of a problem with
Edgy than it has been with Dapper unless I still have to recompile Gnome
speech, possibly by downloading and building the latest version.

Chanchao wrote:
On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 17:07 +0000, MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:

I have just burned the Alternative CD for Edgy.
If I use it to install Edgy will it overwrite everything I already I
have on my laptop including my sources.list file?


* In an UPGRADE, all system settings and user settings settings are
retained, except in a few cases but then you are warned about this
during the upgrade and given the option to review differences and select
which file is used, and/or to save the old file somewhere.

* In an INSTALL, all system settings are replaced. Optionally, if
your /home folder is on a separate partition, it could be retained
during an install.

Now, the Edgy Alternate CD does support UPGRADING from CD, as well as
installing of course. Note that most likely not all packages you have
are on the CD, most upgrades will also involve some downloading over the
internet.

So basically you have to choose if you want to upgrade or re-install.
If you re-install, it would be a good idea to save any config files you
have special feelings for. Or perhaps the whole /etc folder, just in
case.

Cheers,
Chanchao




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