update Kubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

[Clay Weber]

On Sunday 19 April 2009 7:13:38 pm Clay Weber wrote:
> On Sunday 19 April 2009 6:25:40 pm Ray Burke wrote:
> > clay,
> >
> > don't quite understand-
>
> OK To upgrade Kubuntu, you either need to do it via the internet as the
> source for packages, or by using the Alternate disk (the text-based
> installer version) as the source, as per the instructions in the link I
> gave.
>
> Using the Livecd, you *have* to install Intrepid from scratch, but that is
> OK, as you have a separate home partition (where all your data is):
> /dev/sdb2; When you get to the partitioning section. all you need to do is
> make sure you do not set your /home to be formatted, only allow it to
> format "/", /dev/sdb1
I forgot to say to also make sure you set /dev/sdb2 as your /home in the 
partitioner section, as well as setting /dev/sdb1 as "/" 

Some screenshots of the installer can be seen here:
http://tinyurl.com/2fnxv8
there are good shots and info about the partitioner there, as well as the 
rest of the installer


> But to be honest, I think it might be wiser to get a Jaunty disk, as KDE4.2
> is a much better upgrade than the 4.1 in Intrepid. You can get 4.2 in
> Intrepid, but that is one extra step and a lot of downloads, You would 
save
> all that with Jaunty
>
> >  Just run the installer and set  up your partitions as normal,
> >
> > > making sure you know which ones are which. You would only have it
>
> format
>
> > > your "/" partition (/dev/sdb1).
> >
> > ray
> >
> > > From: claydoh at midmaine.com
> > > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > Subject: Re: update Kubuntu 8.04 to 8.10
> > > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:21:16 -0400
> > >
> > > On Sunday 19 April 2009 5:20:52 pm Ray Burke wrote:
> > > > From: rayburke30 at hotmail.com
> > > > To: kubuntu-users-owner at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > Subject: update Kubuntu 8.04 to 8.10
> > > > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:13:16 +1000
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Any one out there help
> > > >
> > > > I am getting a live cd rom of Kubuntu 8.10 from conincal, and want 
to
> > > > upgrade from 8.04, but without the loss of any data from my 8.04,
> > > > my current setup, is three partitions within my 40gb hdd these 
being
> > > >
> > > > Filesystem            Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > > > /dev/sdb1              18G  8.8G  7.8G  53% /
> > > > varrun                474M  180K  474M   1% /var/run
> > > > varlock               474M  4.0K  474M   1% /var/lock
> > > > udev                  474M   84K  474M   1% /dev
> > > > devshm                474M     0  474M   0% /dev/shm
> > > > lrm                   474M   39M  435M   9%
> > > > /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/volatile /dev/sdb2              19G
> > > > 8.5G 9.9G  47% /home
> > > > /dev/sda1              75G   46G   30G  61% /media/MASTER MAN
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > the /dev/sda1 is my dual boot xp pro sp3 hdd
> > > >
> > > > can someone advise???????
> > > >
> > > > ray
> > >


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