[ubuntu-us-ma] should i upgrade to jaunty?

[Michael Terry]

I'm coming into this conversation too late, but two comments:

1) Ubuntu doesn't wipe /home when you (re-)install it.  There's no
particular need for a separate /home partition if you're using Ubuntu.

2) I maintain a drop-dead-simple backup UI called Déjà Dup:
https://launchpad.net/deja-dup

-mt

2009/5/21 kevin dreimiller <kevin_dreimiller at yahoo.com>:
> lots of good info!  thanks!
>
> but i think im going to buy an external in the next couple of days.
>
> so now it becomes - how do i properly partition that?
>
> a back up partition?  another for playing with jaunty?  which i would assume
> i would do properly - with /, swap, ext3, and this time a /home partition.
>
> and do i partition it in two parts in gparted?  so i make two large
> partitions first, then when i put a jaunty install on it, jaunty will use
> the 2nd partition i created with gparted and make the correct partitions
> within that?
>
> kevin
>
>
>
> Daniel Hollocher <danielhollocher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> where can i find your updated tutorial?
>>
>
> I posted it on the community help docs here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving
>
> The problem with that guide for you, is that it's designed for carving
> out a new partition, and making that your new home for /home. That is
> a problem because you only need about 6g for root, so if you followed
> the spirit of that guide, you would shrink your 250g partition to 10g,
> or as small as possible, then create a new /home partition with the
> rest of the free space. That would/could take FOREVER (as in several
> hours at least).
>
> That's why in your case, I think you should change the location of
> your root, and keep /home on the existing partition. I like to go the
> safe route, if I can. My earlier suggestion of carving out 2 8g
> partitions at the end of your drive as a test setup was a step in the
> direction of moving your root to a new location. Its a safe step
> since you should be able to get the test setup going without really
> changing anything with your current setup, and it gets you familiar
> with the needed commands.
>
> Once you are ready to make the switch, then you will already know the
> commands to do it, and you will already have the partitions needed.
> You would just reinstall to an 8g partition, but instead of using the
> other 8g partition as /home, I think you can just use your old root as
> /home. Then, use mv to move the old root/home to the root on that
> partition, and you are done! Well, you would probably then clear out
> some of the old files in that old root.
>
>
> But... what should you really do? James' suggestion may be the best.
> Get a backup drive, backup. Then just do anything
>
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