witblits1970 wrote:i thought that, ok, now when i upgrade to 8.04 all my apps etc will be intact?? i have loads of software on the box and would hate to install it all again!!
I wouldn't try it personnally...but
IF I wanted to "
experiment doing it that way, then I would reinstall all my apps thru Synaptic, with the option of
"Leave all downloaded packages in the cache" selected
- Save Apt packages to cache
...install
APTonCD, make a backup of all my apt packages (that was saved to cache in Synaptic), install
ReMasterSys and make a DVD .iso backup of my system...after all that is done...then,
and only then, would I attempt to upgrade to a higher Ultimate Edition version thru the Upgrade Icon on the Desktop...Otherwise, since I already have all the pre-upgrade (AptonCD/ReMasterSys) stuff done, I would just download Ultimate Edition 1.8 from the servers/torrent, burn it to CD, then install my Apt packages from the AptonCD CD. Another thing that comes to mind, when upgrading to a higher OS version, would it update all the kernal header files???? If not, then you would end up having to reinstall them from Synaptic anyway. Any of this make sense!?!?!
Think my mind stayed to far ahead of my fingers