<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> clay, don't quite understand- 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@midmaine.com > To: kubuntu-users@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@hotmail.com > > To: kubuntu-users-owner@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 > > > You can't *upgrade* from the live disk (iirc), only from the alternate disk. > But it would be pretty easy to simply install 8.10 from the live cd, as you > already have a separate home partition so your data would not be > overwritten. 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). > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IntrepidUpgrades/Kubuntu > > -- > Clay Weber > http://kubuntuforums.net > http://flyballmaine.com > http://emacdogsports.com > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users <hr />Click Here <a href='http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D1046138%26r2s%3D1&_t=773166090&_r=Hotmail_Endtext&_m=EXT' target='_new'>View photos of singles in your area</a></body> </html>