Hi rob, I think i would personally recommend a clean install. As you said, you have your home directory on a separate partition, this makes it very convenient to do a fresh upgrade.
Myself, I have my home directory also on a different partition, and a script of install commands (apt-get install) for software which i typically always use. So a quick Ubuntu install, and 10 minutes of running the script, and i am back up and running, with the new operating system, and my previous settings. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:04:41 +1000 > From: Rob Farquhar <[email protected]> > Subject: Upgrading from 8.04 to 9.04 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, everyone. I've been lurking for a little while and am hoping I'm not > being too forward in using my first post to ask for a little help! > > I'm currently running 8.04 as a dual-boot with Windows XP on my home > machine. It's been a whi8le since I last seriously fiddled with my > Ubuntu installation and I'm thinking bout upgrading to the latest > version. I understand that I can't directly upgrade from 8.04 to 9.04, > though. > > I'm wondering, as I've mounted the main OS files on a separate partition > from my /home directories, whether I can delete my OS partition and > install 9.04 straight over it. Am I asking for too much trouble? > > Thanks, > > Rob Farquhar > >
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