Upgrading 12.04 to 13.04

[Ali Linx (amjjawad)]

> 2- If you don't have /home partition, you will lose your settings, etc
> (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken).


> You are mistaken.
> I have systems that have been upgraded to 12.04 from as far back as 7.10.
> There's really almost never a reason to reinstall.


Hmm, then are you saying this is wrong?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving

Setting up /home on a separate partition is beneficial because your
> settings, files, and desktop will be maintained if you upgrade, (re)install
> Ubuntu or another distro. This works because /home has a subdirectory for
> each user's settings and files which contain all the data & settings of
> that user. Telling Ubuntu to use an existing home partition can be done by
> selecting "Manual Partitioning" during the installation of Ubuntu and
> specifying that you want your home partitions mount point to be /home, *ensure
> you mark your /home partition not be formatted in the process*. You
> should also make sure the usernames you enter for accounts during
> installation match usernames that existed in a previous installation.



>From my understanding, having /home will help you to upgrade smoothly
without losing anything :)
If you don't have /home, I'm not 100% sure what could happen.

That was my point :)


On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com>wrote:

> On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 05:50:12 PM Ali Linx wrote:
> ...
> > 2- If you don't have /home partition, you will lose your settings, etc
> > (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken).
> ...
>
> You are mistaken.
>
> I have systems that have been upgraded to 12.04 from as far back as 7.10.
> There's really almost never a reason to reinstall.
>
> Also, unless someone mails you the installation media, you'll have to
> download
> that, so reinstalling will not save bandwidth.  It's also not faster if you
> include the time needed to download the installation media.
>
> Scott K
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