<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Installation Class</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Mandriva Linux Installation Guide"> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Mandriva Linux Installation Guide"> <link rel="prev" href="setupSCSI.html" title="Disk Detection and Configuration"> <link rel="next" href="doPartitionDisks.html" title="Where to Install Mandriva on your Hard Disk"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> <!-- body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } --></style></head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> <div class="section" lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title"><a name="selectInstallClass"></a>Installation Class </h2> </div> </div> </div> <p><a name="pa19a"></a>This step is shown only if an existing <span class="application">Linux</span> partition is found on your machine. </p> <p><a name="BId-selectInstallClass-pa1"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-selectInstallClass-it1"></a> <span class="application">DrakX</span> now needs to know if you want to install from scratch or to upgrade your existing <span class="application">Mandriva Linux</span> system: </p> <div class="variablelist"> <dl> <dt><span class="term"><a name="BIdNEW-selectInstallClass-te1"></a><span class="guilabel">Upgrade</span></span></dt> <dd> <p><a name="BId-selectInstallClass-pa3"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-selectInstallClass-it2"></a> <a class="indexterm" name="BIdNEW-selectInstallClass-it3"></a> This installation type simply updates the packages currently installed on your <span class="application">Mandriva Linux</span> system. Your current partitioning scheme and user data won't be altered. Most of the other configuration steps remain available and are similar to a standard installation. </p> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="images/note.png"></td> <th align="left"><a name="selectInstallClass-note1"></a>Note </th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><a name="BId-selectInstallClass-pa4"></a>Using the “<span class="quote">Upgrade</span>” option should work fine on <span class="application">Mandriva Linux</span> systems running versions up to two releases “<span class="quote">in the past</span>”. Performing an upgrade on prior versions is not recommended. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Warning"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="images/warning.png"></td> <th align="left">Warning</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><a name="BIdNEW-selectInstallClass-pa5"></a>Depending on your hardware and your installation size, upgrading may take a very long time. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </dd> <dt><span class="term"><a name="BIdNEW-selectInstallClass-te2"></a><span class="guilabel">Install</span></span></dt> <dd> <p><a name="BId-selectInstallClass-pa2"></a>For the most part, this completely wipes out the old system. However, depending on your partitioning scheme, you can prevent some of your existing data (particularly <code class="literal">/home</code> directories) from being overwritten. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> </body> </html>