going from 8.04 to 9.10

[O. Sinclair]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 09:47 +0200, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> Still playing around with 9.10 in a Vbox and liking it more and more. So 
>> I am still looking for any suggestions on the "best way" to upgrade.
>>
>> My computer has separate root and home partitions, one way I have used 
>> before is to leave all "as is" on Home and reformat Root. Then reinstall 
>> all my apps (that dont come by default) following that.
>>
>> But given the ext3 and ext4 "issue" and the shift from KDE3.5 to KDE4 I 
>> am hesitant if this will really work this time around? File locations 
>> for Kontact/KMail etc - will these be automagically upgraded/changed?
>>
>> If I tar all from home to an external disk (or simply copy it over as is 
>> on an ext3 disk) will I get problems copying files back if I repartition 
>> Home to ext4?
>>
>> Is there any point for a desktop/laptop to use ext4 instead of ext3?
>>
>> Any pointers or suggestions most welcome. The Kubuntu wiki simply states 
>> that upgrade from 8.04 to 9.10 is not possible at the moment but "work 
>> in progress".
> 
> I just took it in steps: Hardy to Intrepid to Jaunty to Karmic and it
> worked pretty good. Ric
> 

Thanks for the reply - however with my internet connection here I would
rather try and jump as many steps as possible... or it could take a week
or so.