Yes It would overwrite the existing version (upgrade I think is the word) but I have had problems and I know a few others people have had problems wit the karmic upgrade option you'd be better to do a clean install to be honest, and I think most people woudl agree that clean installs always win over uupgrades because its a good opportunity to sort out the data you need to keep and wipe the rest off and start a fresh with a nice clean install to minimise problems and optimise system performance.
If you do go with the upgrade option though (or not) please make sure you do a full system backup I reccommend partimage which can be run from the systemrescuecd http://www.sysresccd.org/Screenshots http://www.sysresccd.org/Quick-start-guide_EN http://www.sysresccd.org/Download Well thats my two penneth anyway. Cheers and good luck, please post how you got on and any problems you incurr(ed) along the way, if you need help we'll do our best remember the support is voluntary and free - no refunds available :-) Rich 2010/1/24 richard <rjsadding...@googlemail.com> > i would like to do a clean install the latest version of ubuntu karmic > koala 9.10 on my desktop,as i have a few problems with the terminal and > the screen resolution on my 22 monitor running my present version hardy > i have duel boot system, grub windows xp and ubuntu hard heron,i have > d/loaded karmic and run it from cd and it runs and looks to be a great > improvement > what is the best way to install can i take the install option from cd > menu would this over right the version allready installed or do i have > to uninstall old version back to the grub menu, any help and > instruction on the best way to do this would be great > > regards richard > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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