Maybe a good strategy would be to do a test-install on a separate drive/partition before upgrading. That way you could try out the latest version whilst still having a working copy. Once the new one tests out OK you could upgrade the main drive. This would have the following advantages: 1. You wouldn't lose the ability to print/etc. while trying to iron out any bugs in the new version. 2. You can keep the new version on a separate drive until you or someone else has ironed out all the bugs.
If you always have 1 main install and 1 reserved for checking out upgrades you can repeat this strategy for further versions. Not that I've ever tried this out myself. I'm still building my Linux box. Decided against dual boot at the present time. Regards, Timothy Timothy Rayner Office Junior and Trainee Web Developer Khi-Ro Limited t. +44 (0)1733 405820 [email protected] Khi-Ro Limited 14 Orton Enterprise Centre * Bakewell Road * Orton Southgate * Peterborough PE2 6XU Fax: 01733 394123 * Registered in England and Wales 3615372 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 28 February 2009 12:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Peterboro Digest, Vol 251, Issue 5 Send Peterboro mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Peterboro digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Peterboro Digest, Vol 251, Issue 3 (Edward Kerr) 2. Malcolm - re printing and a moan about Ubuntu 8.10 (Edward Kerr) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:04:45 +0000 From: Edward Kerr <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Peterboro Digest, Vol 251, Issue 3 To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Timothy, Really sorry to hear about your accident. I am glad, though that you are OK. See you next month I hope Ed Timothy Rayner wrote: > Apologies for not making the Meeting on Tuesday. > > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:09:31 +0000 From: Edward Kerr <[email protected]> Subject: [Peterboro] Malcolm - re printing and a moan about Ubuntu 8.10 To: Peterborough LUG <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Malcolm, Thanks for your help on Tuesday. Linux - Ubuntu - has given me a real run-around over the last few days, and I am only now up and running again after 3 days wrestling with it Ubuntu 8.10 simply refuses to print properly. HP Deskjet 640c so a basic printer there. Firefox would not print at all, and Scribus which I use a lot, started to print half way down the page etc etc. In the end a did a clean install of 8.10 and the result - same chaos!! I almost felt like trying Mint or even SUSE!!! In the end I reinstalled 8.04 and all is now fine and working well. I have lost a lot of time, sweat, some tears, but I now have to rebuild my machine. This is an object lesson in always wanting the brightest and the best!! Ed ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro End of Peterboro Digest, Vol 251, Issue 5 ***************************************** _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
