On Thu 27 Oct 2011 05:25:24 PM IST, Pushparaj Shetty wrote: > Hi, I am using ubuntu 9.10. Want to go for 11.10. How do i install > without affecting data in home folder? > Following is the output of fdisk. > My root is sda6 and /home is sda6. What back up should I take? > ----- > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0xb8000000 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 25 200781 de Dell Utility > /dev/sda2 26 1984 15728640 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda3 * 1984 9816 62914560 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda4 9816 60801 409538081 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 9816 35317 204833788 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda6 35318 37140 14643216 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 37141 59762 181711183+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda8 59763 60801 8345736 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > > Thank you, > Pushparaj Shetty D. > Research Scholar > Dept. of Mathematics > IIT Delhi > Cell# 9212370093 > > -- > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
I don't know if this is possible or not, but you might be able to upgrade to 11.10 using synaptic or apt-get. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
