Problem upgrading an offline computer

[Mariano Jara]

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 20:05 +0000, Colin Law wrote: 
> On 10 February 2011 17:34, Mariano Jara <marianojara at afip.gov.ar> wrote:
[snip] 
> >
> > So I guess I have no choice but to fresh-install Ubuntu.
> 
> Remember that you can do an install without re-formatting the root
> directory.  Then it will replace all the system stuff but leave your
> home folder, so you will not loose your users and config stuff.  Just
> make sure you select *not* to re-format /.  I think you may have to go
> down the 'Advanced' option in the install to do this.
> 

OK then, I'll keep that in mind when time comes to proceed with
fresh-installing. Great tip! Thanks for your help Colin.

Will the not-to-reformat-/ option leave the file system as it is now
(ext3) then? Should I upgrade it to ext4?

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Mariano