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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:13:56 -0500
From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: arthur <mail2arthur@gmail.com>
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Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Lone Wolf <hubaghdadi@yahoo.ca>,
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Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:14:52AM -0500, arthur wrote:

> > I normally just use the cd to load the installation programs -
> sysinstall -
> > and download everything over the net during installation.
> 
> I have v6.2 cd but I am going to try 7.0, but I don't mind if the KDE/app is
> latest.
> 
> So do you think I can:
> 
> 1. boot with 6.2CD, run sysinstall, then install v7.0 over the network
> 
> 2. install kde or other app to v7.0 installation from a 6.2 CD

No.   You really want to download the 7.0 ISO and burn it 
and install the applications intended for that level.   
You could make it work, but you don't want to.

////jerry

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Arthur
>