On 03/02/12 11:34, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Sorry, let me explain my "over the top of" :) > > My HDD is partitioned into three: a root (/) partition, a /home > partition and swap. > So what I am doing is telling the installer to format my root > partition and leave the /home unformatted but mounted as /home. > > Make more sense? > > I prefer to do a clean install keeping my home directory, but I am > considering the upgrade method. > As for a clean install, although I have a good backup method, it will > still take effort :) > ... > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:27 AM, danyJ <[email protected]> wrote: >> ... >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Not sure what you mean by installing "over the top of 11.10"? I'd say its >> best to do a proper upgrade, >> or ask it to reformat everything and wipe off 11.10. (you would have saved >> your data files?)
The method you're using makes perfect sense, Stephen, and should work. My suggestion is to install just to / and don't tell it about /home until after you've installed (i.e. edit /etc/fstab when you're done). I would question Daniel's assertion that "its [sic] best to do a proper upgrade". Debian and all derivatives are designed to upgrade smoothly, and Ubuntu has an excellent track record on this. Saying that a clean install is better nowadays is borderline FUD. Paul -- OpenOffice.org is the no-strings-attached office package. If you enjoy the test drive, keep the car! http://why.openoffice.org/
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