- Original Message -
> From: Gordon Burgess-Parker
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2012, 21:48
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04
>
> If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be a case
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On 3 July 2012 08:51, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 03/07/12 07:28, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> If /home is not in a separate partition then when installing ubuntu, if
>> you select the "Something Else" option in the installer and then select the
>> existing root partition to install into but do /not/ select
On 2012-07-03 02:21, Daniel Case wrote:
> Is your /home directory on another partition or the same as the Mint
> system? Either way, take a backup somewhere to be sure nothing happens
> (I've had my power go out in the middle of an install before... it
> happens!)
>
> If your /home is separate, it
On 02/07/12 21:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be a
case of installing over the top, and if so will that affect my Home
directory at all?
In other words if I do this will my Home directory stay intact or do I
need to back it up t
On 03/07/12 07:28, Colin Law wrote:
If /home is not in a separate partition then when installing ubuntu,
if you select the "Something Else" option in the installer and then
select the existing root partition to install into but do /not/ select
the Format option for that partition then Ubuntu sh
On 3 July 2012 02:21, Daniel Case wrote:
> Is your /home directory on another partition or the same as the Mint
> system? Either way, take a backup somewhere to be sure nothing happens
> (I've had my power go out in the middle of an install before... it
> happens!)
>
> If your /home is separate, i
Is your /home directory on another partition or the same as the Mint
system? Either way, take a backup somewhere to be sure nothing happens
(I've had my power go out in the middle of an install before... it
happens!)
If your /home is separate, it should be safe, if not... Ubuntu will
probably wipe
On 02/07/12 21:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be
a case of installing over the top, and if so will that affect my Home
directory at all?
In other words if I do this will my Home directory stay intact or do I
need to back it up
If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be a
case of installing over the top, and if so will that affect my Home
directory at all?
In other words if I do this will my Home directory stay intact or do I
need to back it up then restore after installation of Ubuntu?
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