Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:48:56 -0500 From: "arthur" <mail2arthur@gmail.com> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu>, "Lone Wolf" <hubaghdadi@yahoo.ca>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient? Message-ID: <001f01c873e0$7ecb9980$9b080f0a@usr.ingenico.loc> References: <20080220155427.GB55837@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <001301c873db$bcf9d1e0$9b080f0a@usr.ingenico.loc> <20080220161356.GA56028@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Got it. Looks I will go with the floppy boot (don't want burn too many CD's, and burning CDRW is slower than boot from floppy). Thank you for the quick response. Arthur ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "arthur" <mail2arthur@gmail.com> Cc: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu>; "Lone Wolf" <hubaghdadi@yahoo.ca>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient? > 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 > >
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