Upgrade to 6.0 ?

Walzmyn, one of the reasons that Warren is switching to the Ubuntu kernel is because in theory you should be able to perform easier upgrades from then on. However, until you switch to 6.0 there will be some pain in the after parts. Depending upon which version you are currently running it could be slightly difficult to almost impossible (without work). What version of Mepis are you currently running?

The reason is there have been lots of changes in the underlying Debian repositories, KDE has changed, X.org has been introduced, Ubuntu kernel is being use, oh and probably a few other minor items

Once things stabilize I'm sure we will be able to give you a number of instructions to help you along. In the meantime, be patient

Jon

What you should do is install it on a spair HD to see if you like it.

No, because if you do that you will have problems, what you can do is, boot the install cd and the mount and open the old /home, click view hidden files and delete the system files and folders, they have a dot in front of them(.), I save my .mozilla, .mozilla-thunderbird folders and the rest of my personal files, empty any trash I have, unmount /home and start the install saving /home. On the other hand you can go ahead and do the install saving /home and if you can't log in as user or your desktop is broken, you can log in as root and delete the old /home system files, after a reboot new files will be made.
After a new install I add 78 files/packages and this will change my personal settings and with out these 78 files/packages my personal settings will not work, my desktop is broken and I may not be able to log in as user and that is why I delete my personal .settings before a new install. I hope this helps.

regards,
Bad Dog
GNU/Linux User - INTEL P-IV 3.0GHz - 2X256 DDR3200
SimplyMEPIS 6.0-beta3 - kernel 2.6.15-23-686-smp
KDE 3.5.2 - My iMAC runs Debian Sarge

I'm running the last Debian_Mepis version before they started the change. I like the idea that it'll be easier to update instead of worring if each update is going to fry something else.

Didn't even think of doing a test install. When my old HD died, I lived on a Mepis CD until the new drive arrived. Then I split it into too many partitions so I could have winders, Mepis, and a test partition. Now, I need the test partition and I've forgotten about it!

You lost me on the 78 files/packages there, I follow you on all the rest. My main thing i want to save is all of my settings for KDE and whatnot, I just don't want to have to go through and re-do all of those. Most of my personal files are on a Fat-32 partition so i can access them from winders. I am wanting to change that though, because I never use winders for anything but this dang Cannon scanner that won't make any linux drivers.