When upgrading to a new release, I've always done as suggested in #6. Allow
the installer to format '/'; mount your old '/home' (do not allow
formatting), and mount the old swap. When your new system comes up, you'll
see all your users' files. Be sure to use the same username, in the new
I forgot to mention using the same username, good thing you brought it up!
Trisquel 5.5, brigantia
The update manager won't update to the newest version. Is there a setting
there that I'm missing? It is the first place I went to update to version 6
What sources do you use?
If you have the 6.0 on a USB stick, you could of course just install it. Just
make sure you choose manual partitioning and choose to NOT format your
existing home partition. (Then again, even this won't be a problem since by
now you surely have a backup! :)
thanks for your reply.
So i just plug-in the usb and then follow the prompt to install version 6 on
my computer?
your help is much appreciated!
That's right. And at partitioning choose the old root (/) for root and select
to format it and choose the old home for home and DON'T format it and the old
swap for swap.
