When I went from 7 to 8 I put my home folder in its own partition. Now I can upgrade and don't lose anything in my home directory, like my virtual box files.
Jeff Jeff Johnson [email protected] SanDC, Inc. 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 Alan Bourke wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:14 +0100, "Alan Bourke" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Pete >> >> I just set up a new Ubuntu virtual machine with Python and the Wing IDE >> installed last week with the intention of restarting my Python learnin'. > > Tip - when upgrading Ubuntu 8 to 9, where it's instaleld in a VirtualBox > VDI file residing on an external hard drive, be *extremely* careful not > to kick out the USB cable, thus creating a Windows 'delayed write > failed' error and a munted Ubuntu upgrade. > > Learnt some interesting stuff trying to resurrect Ubuntu from the > console but it's got to the point where it will be quicker to reinstall > it. > > Sigh. > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
