[ale] Remix questions

[scott boss]

  I would recommend that you step it up on release at a time.  It
eliminates most of the chances for failure.

Just my opinion

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On Jan 30, 2010, at 17:50, "Damon L. Chesser" <damon at damtek.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 18:34 -0500, Asher Vilensky wrote:
>> We have a Dell Inspiron netbook with Ubuntu 9.04, no wait, maybe
>> still
>> 8.*.  I can't remember.
>> Anyway, it works fine.  So:
>> 1.  Is there any reason why I should upgrade to the latest?
>
> It is newer?
>
>
>> 2.  Is there any risk in upgrading?  Is it possible that what's
>> working now will stop working?
> upgraded Ubuntu 9.10 x64 in place with out issues.  If you are below
> 8.10 you will need to upgrade to 8.10 first, then go to 9.10.
>
>> 3.  I thought to install Remix on another partition, to be on the
>> safe
>> side, but:
>> The computer has no CD drive.  How do I install it if I don't have an
>> external USB CD drive (and don't have any network install depot)?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -- Asher
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