On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Gear <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/ > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > I initially has issues clean installing to 12.04 lalpha 2 due to the installer not adding the STA Broadcom driver. Even after installation and connecting to a wired network to install it via jockey, it wasn't showing up. I needed to initially install via a wired network (which borked the first time right at the end) to get a proper install Joel Pickett
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