Undo 7.10 upgrade to 8.04 ?

Shannon McMackin smcmackin at gmail.com
Fri May 2 00:50:18 UTC 2008


elmo wrote:
> I started the 7.10 upgrade to 8.04 after midnight and the process seemed 
> to work perfectly  but I believe that I made some bad judgments because 
> I was half asleep.
> 
> One that I recall was selecting either a new menu.lst or keeping the old 
> one.  I chose the old one  (why? , oh why?).  Now there's nothing in the 
> bootup menu that indicates that there is an  8.04 on board.  When the 
> desktop appears, it looks exactly like the old one in 7.10.
> 
> How can I determine if the upgrade actually occurred.  Should the 
> desktop look different? 
> 
> Lastly, what's the best course to take from here?
> 1.  Forget about upgrading......just delete 7.10 and install a fresh 
> 8.04 from CD
> 2.  Just do a fresh upgrade over the current upgrade.  (long before 
> midnight)
> 3.   ????-----undo the upgrade then repeat the upgrade (  "       
> "         "  )
> 
> elmo
> 
> 
> 
I always believe in a fresh install, but that's my take....





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