| kirandeo | hi all... i am using ubuntu 8.10 i want to install new version 11.04... but i dont want to loose my data on my ubuntu dedicated drive... i dont have any backup media... is it possible to overwrite previous version without data loss? | 21:26 |
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| MrChrisDruif | kirandeo; Have you got a separate /home partition? | 21:29 |
| MrChrisDruif | And why go from 8.10, which is a LTS (or Long Time Service) version to a regular version? | 21:29 |
| kirandeo | yes i have installed ubuntu on separate unallocated drive...at that time | 21:30 |
| MrChrisDruif | If I remember correct and I often remember correct :P | 21:30 |
| MrChrisDruif | You mean Ubuntu is just one drive/partition? Not a separate /home partition? | 21:31 |
| kirandeo | w8 lemme explain | 21:31 |
| kirandeo | i had installed windows on 120 gb HD and left 40 GB for ubuntu.... unallocated... | 21:32 |
| kirandeo | and than installed ubuntu on 40 gb | 21:33 |
| kirandeo | i guess i had reserved 8 GB for ubuntu installation... and remaining for data... | 21:35 |
| kirandeo | MrChrisDruif : m i clear? | 21:35 |
| MrChrisDruif | Alright, so your data is on a separate partition? | 21:36 |
| kirandeo | yes | 21:36 |
| MrChrisDruif | Well, then your safe to install it over the Ubuntu partition :) | 21:38 |
| MrChrisDruif | But it could never hurt to back it up ;) | 21:38 |
| kirandeo | hmm | 21:38 |
| kirandeo | just let me confirm its like this | 21:41 |
| kirandeo | ... dev/sda7.....ext3..... / | 21:41 |
| kirandeo | and dev/sda9 ...... ext3..... /home | 21:41 |
| MrChrisDruif | In case of hardware failure I mean | 21:41 |
| MrChrisDruif | Your /home is a separate partition, so it's good to go.... | 21:42 |
| kirandeo | hmm.... thanks.... a lot.... :) | 21:42 |
| kirandeo | thanks to ubuntu too... i love it | 21:43 |
| MrChrisDruif | Your welcome | 21:44 |
| MrChrisDruif | Btw, there are more people who can help in #ubuntu-beginners :) | 21:44 |
| kirandeo | ohh | 21:44 |
| kirandeo | thanks.. | 21:44 |
| MrChrisDruif | Your welcome :) | 21:44 |
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