On 18/09/10 02:00, Liam Proven wrote: > On 17 September 2010 21:11, alan c<[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a friend with Ubuntu 9.04 and I will do a version upgrade for >> them soon. One option is to version upgrade online to 9.10 and then, >> at another convenient future date, version upgrade to 10.04 LTS, >> which they will stay with for a longer time. >> >> Another option is to do a clean reinstall of Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS now, >> and then re-configure to match the user's apps and data. >> >> One suggestion I have received is, that after a clean reinstall of >> 10.04.1, I could then replace the clean /home/username directory with >> the copy of the directory from the user's 9.04 which I would have >> created earlier in careful backups. >> >> Thinking of this last option, I find a number of questions come to mind. >> What is the effect of brutally just replacing /home/username from an >> earlier version, possibly two or so versions old? The user has one app >> for example, Digikam (in Ubuntu) which they regularly use, and this I >> guess uses a number of kde libraries whatever. I cannot help >> wondering what sort of clean up (or chaos) I might be faced with, >> perhaps out of my depth too, by following this latter approach. >> >> I would welcome comments here. > > Get them onto the LTS release *now* and then you can safely leave 'em > there 'til 2012. *Don't* put them onto 9.10, it's already obsolescent. > > Me, personally, I'd say wipe& reload. It's easier than doing 9.04 -> > 9.10 followed by 9.10 -> 10.04.
I do not understand the following very well, sorry. I have lots of 'new install' experiences but have never been adventurous at this stage > Just move /home into a separate filesystem, if it isn't already, make > a note of any apps and config you need, then reformat / and install > 10.04 into it. Let the install procedure pick up the existing > /home/$username folder - it should sort things out for you. If > possible, avoid replacing it later; have it there, /in situ/, first. ' move /home into a separate filesystem' copy and paste ok? Is this 'separate filesystem' typically a separate independent partition such as a backup disk or backup partition? Or is the 'separate filesystem intended maybe to be the target partition for the new install though? Not clear at all about this. Or would I be using the Install Partitioning option 'manual' where I nominate the directories and check off which should or should not be formatted? tia -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
