Maybe someone can help me. I'm new to Linux and need some advice.
I have an older laptop where someone installed Ubuntu 7.10 on. I tried it out and I like it. Now I want to upgrade from 7.10 to the latest Ubuntu 9.04. Then I found out on another website that I can't do that directly. I have to do a new install and if I install it on my hard drive where 7.10 is I will lose all my programs. A friend said he thinks there is a way that I can back up some files and folders on 7.10 that hold my programs to an external hard drive. Then he said I could do a new install of 9.04 on the internal hard drive, overwrite 7.10, then copy the saved files and folders from the external hard drive that has my program files and folders saved from 7.10 to the new 9.04 installation. How would I do this? What folders and files have to be backup and how do I reinstall them in in 9.04? Does that completely restore my old programs from 7.10 to 9.04? Are there any problems when you do this? Any advice you guys would have would be great. Please keep it simple since I'm just a beginner. If anyone has step-by-step instructions that would be helpful. -rr _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sept 2 - Linux and HDTV Oct 7 - TBD Nov 4 - Google Wave
