upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

[Edward Dunagin]

Hi Florin,

On Dec 29, 2007 12:47 PM, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:
> Andrew Hunter wrote:
> > Since you are doing a format anyway, consider creating a separate
> > partition for your /home folder and any other place you store media,
> > that way you can format and reinstall the os without haveing to backup
> > and restore you data everytime (though having regular backups is a good
> > idea).
>
> Well, it's a case of "do as I say, not as I do" - I'm familiar with all
> those common practices, it's just that I've been using this system for a
> while in fairly "creative" ways (it's a home PC / workstation used for
> all kinds of purposes) and the lack of discipline now shows.
>
> Also, there's a conflict between partitioning the drives for easier
> reinstallation, and maximizing disk usage via _not_having_ too many
> partitions. I chose the latter on purpose - I'm doing all sorts of
> things that require a lot of disk space, such as digital video
> processing and DVD authoring, a MythTV server, etc.
>
> Having a single root partition and nothing else makes it easier to avoid
> situations when I don't have enough disk space to complete the work. But
> of course, then it's harder to upgrade the OS, just like you said.
>
> Ah well, one can't have it all, I guess.

I am running UbuntuStudio and I upgraded to 7.10 via the upgrade
process. I left it do it's thing overnight cause it was so slow. I may
have been the heavy use of the upgrading Site, or who knows. It took
about 6 hours to upgrade, but all wnt fine.

I too have a single root partition for the same reasons you state. I
have a 122GB hard drive.
I also have 1GB of ram.

Peace........................ed

Edward Dunagin-Dunigan-Dunnigan
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