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? ----- Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xb8000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 25 200781 de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 26 1984 15728640 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 * 1984 9816 62914560 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 9816 60801 409538081 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /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 Thank you, Pushparaj Shetty D. Research Scholar Dept. of Mathematics IIT Delhi Cell# 9212370093 -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
