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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu 9.10 has been released

 

2009/10/29 Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Downloading a whole new image? What happened to upgrading?
>

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

Fully supported. Some people like fresh installs though.

Top tip, if you fresh install and choose manual partitioning, and
choose NOT to format the disk, it will delete all of /bin /etc /var
and so on, but WONT delete /home. So if you have / and /home on the
same partition, this is a great way to reinstall without losing the
data in your home directory, and without having to have a separate
/home partition (although some people may prefer that).

If you have any config or data outside of /home it will be lost, so
make sure you backup and/or move the data into /home before you do the
install.

Also if you're downloading the ISOs, please use the torrents if you
can, as this reduces the load on the mirrors.

http://popey.com/karmic_torrents/

Cheers,
Al.

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