On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 17:12 +0100, Simon P Smith wrote: > Roundcube seemed to have killed my previous ;-( > > C A Wills wrote: > > 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? > > > Why not format it with NTFS for the drive and use ntfs-3g on ubuntu to > read it. This works fine for > me on dual boot machines and also with external disks. Both read & > write seem to be stable > and secure now. > > 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? > > > You do not need to replace anything but can do a release upgrade. Open > synaptic package manager > set the option to allow version upgrades then let it do its thing. It > was successful for me on a laptop here. > The only thing to watch for is if you have compiled/installed your own > software outside of apt/deb you may > have to re-compile it for the new libraries and one or two config files > may get overwritten (it will ask you). > > Si > > > > > > Clive, My machine is dual boot XP and Kubuntu and the XP side is NTFS, which I can read. I also upgraded from 8.04--> 8.10 --> 9.04. The second upgrade was easier than the first. The wireless was a glitch, in that 9.04 handles it differently from 8.10 and I had to remove the 8.10 configurations to let the 9.04 configuration work.
It now has a degree of security on my other disk partitions in that I have to enter a password to access them. - Only in Linux- XP cannot read the 'linux' partitions. Peter -- 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
