On 03/05/10 19:39, Clive A Wills wrote: > I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 and can now up-grade via Update Manager to 10.04 > but need to confirm:- > I have 3 separate partitions for Ubuntu, Linux swap and /Home. > > When upgrading the system am I correct that I can just upgrade Ubuntu > system (sda3), then point to '/Home' (sda5) when requested ensuring that > 'format' is not ticked, without destroying the original /home files? > > At the moment I don't have enough room to make a separate partition or > separate external HD to backup the 'old' /Home to, as it's too big. > > Clive > >
Hi Clive, If you are reinstalling from media that you have downloaded and booted from, then this is the correct approach if you want to use your existing /home partition. However, it is not necessary if you are using update-manager to do the distribution upgrade from within your 9.10 build. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-05-11 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
