You could just do a distro update from the update manager? I did it a few weeks ago from 8.04 -> 8.10 -> 9.04 and it worked sweetly...
Hugh 2009/5/29 C A Wills <infocawi...@talktalk.net>: > Hi All > > I have just bought a Maxtor Basic 250Gb external HD for storing my > wife's photo's. It is formated as NTFS and I'd like to format FAT32 (so > I can see, read/write, the files on both Linux and XP machines). > > Question 1: Is it better to format the full 250Gb as 1 partition FAT32 > on my Linux machine or on my wife's XP? > Somewhere I think I read that Linux is better as it allows larger > 'segments' which is better for saving more files (and XP caps the size); > can anyone confirm please? > > Question 2: I'd like to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 (LXF DVD120) from 8.04, > can I just 'replace' the OS on it's root partition and still retain the > separate /Home partition. i.e. replace 8.04 with 9.04 on / leaving both > /home and /swap as is? > > Looking forward to next weeks meeting, so see you there. > > Clive > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 > Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset > List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
