Advertise with Googlier.com Comments on: How to upgrade Mint 6 Felicia to Mint 7 Gloria https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861 News from the Mint Team Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: mesut https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-10577 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:50:37 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-10577 Hello. I have a question. I want to remove tips from console-starting messages. But how to??

]]> By: Chris P https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-10117 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:14:07 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-10117 Worked like a dream apart from the need to change the links for the login screen, as documented. What a fabulous os!

]]> By: James G Sack https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9575 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:42:12 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9575 After following the above procedure (but directly from Elyssa), I notice that the panel menu still says “Elyssa”.

Thanks for posting this!
~jim

]]> By: Neal https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9551 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:42:58 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9551 Mint is a great distro. But there really needs to be an option to upgrade an existing installation via the ISO (Live CD) of the follow on version.

]]> By: Mark https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9485 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:48:20 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9485 After command line upgrade from Mint 6 32-bit to Mint 7, followed the instructions on this page, I have got a x64 bit Mint 7 system instead of 32-bit!? What is going on?

]]> By: Looking Back from the Edge #2 « Notions from the Bleeding Edge https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9470 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:12:41 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9470 […] (Windoze XP, swap, Linux Mint 6, space for testing distros, /home, Windoze Recovery), I tried the graphical update-in-place option outlined by Clement Lefebvre in the Linux Mint Blog (1). It was merrily rolling along…until the upgrader locked up after a package didn’t […]

]]> By: Elias K https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9449 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:25:38 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9449 Updated from Felicia to Gloria via the graphical update tool, with some problems: 1) debconf required a few Yes/No keypresses (which makes hard to tell when the upgrade process needs attention) and 2) the network (wired ethernet) came down at some point after downloading mint-specific packages, at step 4, and required manual intervention (ifconfig down/up && dhclient) to continue.

Keep up the fantastic work!!!!!

]]> By: Steve https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9429 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:02 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9429 Upgraded successfully!!! I used the graphical option. Took me 2.5 hours, and I am surprised by how smooth the process was. Congratulations for the job well done, and thank you very much. It has been a pleasure using Felicia, and I am sure that Gloria will raise the standards even higher.

]]> By: Matt https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9381 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:29:29 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9381 Another success with command line upgrade!

Had to install latest nvidia drivers but wasn’t difficult.

]]> By: Upgrading from Mint 6 to 7 (versus a fresh install) « Open Daily https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=861#comment-9356 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:21:08 +0000 http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=861#comment-9356 […] Upgrading from Mint 6 to 7 (versus a fresh install) 20 06 2009 When I started this experiment with Linux Mint version 6, which is affectionately called “Felicia” by its creators, little did I know that version 7 “Gloria” was just around the corner.   When it was announced that Gloria was released, I did what any well-trained-by-Microsoft/Apple-to-always-update-your-system  computer user would do.  So I upgraded using the instructions here. […]

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