Good Idea for new users

[Gilles Gravier]

I just did an upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10... and same experience. Flawless...

No point in spreading FUD.

Gilles.

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Good Idea for new users
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 8:27 AM
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>>     I think that the Karmac 9.10 version of
>> Ubuntu should be 
>> offered with advice to use the ext3 file system and the
>> Grub 
>> version 1 boot.
>>
>>     I think this because a huge number of
>> problems surround the 
>> new versions of both critical items. A new user does not
>> want 
>> to hear this.
>>
>> 73 Karl
>>
>>
>>     
> Why? A fresh install on an ext4 partition has worked for be flawlessly on both grub2 and ext4 fs.  Maybe better advice is to install on a fresh partition and not just upgrade from an older version which has always presented issues for me and is why I now always install on a fresh partition instead of upgrading.  YMMV.
> BTW, grub2 did pick up all my other ubuntu partitions and my 2 vista partitions so I can't buy the recommendation.
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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