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

[Daniel Hollocher]

I personally have a /home, and two install partitions (ie, root).  One
for my regular install.  One, because I've been running the alphas
since intrepid, for one reason or another.  (I actually don't like
running the alphas.  The bugs are annoying :)  Plus, it allows me to
run a clean install on my regular install, and have all my files
intact.

Next, I prefer to use configfile directives in grub's menu.lst instead
of having a separate /boot partition.  I don't know why Ubuntu/Debian
doesn't use configfile directives in the first place...

Having multiple partitions allows you to have multiple installs or
reinstall without loosing your personal data.  That's the basic point.
 The above explanation is very terse, just loaded with keywords.  If
you want to go that route, I can give further explanations.  I think
you just need to be prepared to repartition.  Grub might be a problem,
especially if you have multiple harddrive with windows dualbooting.  I
haven't really tamed grub yet.

Dan

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:02 AM, James Gray <jamespgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> It should be possible to install the codecs from within the live CD.
> I believe the Live CD creates a tempfs to mount the system.  Any
> additional software you install will get saved to the tempfs and not
> to your existing install disk.  You can then verify that you get
> reasonable frame rates etc.
>
> Many people report better results backing up their files and doing a
> fresh install rather then an upgrade.  YMMV.  In any event backup your
> system first to be on the safe side if for no other reason then to
> have a recent backup if your disk fails before your next backup.
>
> This is just the way I would approach the problem.  I am sure there
> are plenty of other opinions out there...
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:09 PM, kevin dreimiller
> <kevin_dreimiller at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> im totally stumped on this.  i ran the live CD tonight and it seemed to
>> worked fine, tho couldn't run video because it doesn't have the codecs.  but
>> everything else seemed good - it even detected my second monitor.
>>
>> my fear is that since i have an ati radeon 3100 vid card it wont work
>> properly, namely the video.
>>
>> im using a toshiba satellite l305d series.  3 gigs ram, ati radeon 3100.
>> almost no problems in intrepid except that it seems a little sluggish
>> lately.  the live cd seemed to run faster than my intrepid install.
>>
>> and if i do upgrade and it doesnt work right, id like to be able to just
>> revert back to my setup now, but i dont' know if thats even possible?
>>
>> thanks,
>> kevin
>>
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