I would install with a cd - overwriting the existing buntu partitions - backup your data - which I assume you do anyway :)
With the livecd - pick manual when it gets to the partitioning, you can then choose which to use - I think the alternate cd allows you to pick partitions. Ian Pascoe wrote: > Folks > > Many moons ago one of my boxes failed to upgrade from 7.01 to 7.10 > properly - the Ubuntu installation runs OK-ish, but with extremely > unpredictable results; not really surprising. This box is a dual boot with > XP, for which it is primarily used at the moment. > > I'd like to install 8.04 in the place of the cracked Ubuntu installation. > > What is the recommended way of doing this? Note that the cracked > installation has no connectivity to the outside world so any changes needs > to be done from CD; the terminal bombs out unexpectedly so cannot be relied > on at present; network manager reports that there are no NICs installed - no > wi-fi cards on this desktop. > > Thanks > > Ian > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
