Thanks Sharad, But 11.10 documentation says that it requires minimum 20GB for root. But i have 15GB in my root for 9.10. Please Clarify Pushparaj
On Oct 27, 6:18 pm, Sharad Birmiwal <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11-10-27 07:55 AM, 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? > > /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 > > One easy way would be to upgrade to 10.04, then to 10.10, followed by > 11.04, and then last to 11.10. The other way would be to do a fresh > installation. When you do a fresh install, use sda6 as root and sda7 as > /home. MAKE SURE that you don't click on "format before use" (or > similarly worded option) for sda7. That's about it. Nothing is ever > deleted in /home during a fresh installation. Also remember to not > change the fs-type of sda7 as well. > > Sharad > PS: I assumed you meant "/home is sda7." -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
