Re: Testing Daffy Duck

From: Michael R. Wilson <wilsonmr_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Fri Jun 30 2006 - 19:32:08 CST

jimw wagner wrote:

>> Michael R. Wilson wrote:
>> Just for curiosity: did you use the 'Upgrade Manager' option, the
>> 'Live/Install' CD, or the 'Alternate Install' CD?
>
> I used the "slash and burn" Install. :-)
>
> In other words, using the disk so thoughtfully supplied by conrad, I
> inadvertently wiped my whole drive.

And that would have been ... the 'Live/Install' CD? I did post a warning
on here about its known defectiveness, back on June 16.

> Fortunately, all the stuff on my home and desktop had been previously
> saved.

With the luck of idiots, I managed to upgrade one machine from Badger to
Duck and didn't lose a thing. On a second machine I tried the same
tactic and ended up with a schizo Duck that remained convinced it was a
Badger, and so had to be brain-wiped.

> There were several things over on the Windows side that I'm lacking, but
> in general, I'm completely Windowsless.

Was your lost setup dual-boot, or Wine?
Received on Fri Jun 30 19:31:44 2006

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