Preinstall Procedure - Moving to 11.04?

[Amichai Rotman]

So, here is what I was thinking, following all your generous advice:

Partitions:

/boot
/swap
/ (encrypted)
/home (encrypted)

I'd really like to try 11.04, but I am afraid it won't be stable enough and
I don't want to brake the pattern of sticking to LTS releases till now...

So, I'll install 10.04 with the right PPAs (any suggestions for those will
be greatly appreciated).

My remaining questions:

1. Is there a way to encrypt the partitions during the installation process?
I understand I can do it using the Alternate CD - Do I need to download it
although I have the 10.04 UNR USB stick?

2. What would be the safest way to copy (backup) my encrypted home folder to
a pendrive formatted with the ext3 FS? I'd like to copy the files back to my
home folder, after re-installation...

Thanks again!

Amichai.


On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 16:52, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 14:51 +0300, Amichai Rotman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a Desktop and an Asus netbook, both running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I always sticked to the LTS versions, because I like the stability. I
>>>> was looking at Ubuntu's web site and followed this list and I am
>>>> trying to decide if I should move to 111.04 or wait for the next
>>>> LTS...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now, before you all jump at me - this is not my main question. I know
>>>> there isn't a straight answer for this question. There are as many
>>>> opinions out there as there are people subscribed to this list....
>>>>
>>>>
>> I have decided to stick with the 10.04 LTS version till the next LTS. My
>> thought is to let Unity mature a bit before giving it a try. I don't
>> necessarily need the stability. I'm just not "smart" enough to deal with
>> something likely as complicated as getting some new features to work. *<]:oD
>>
>>
>> I just installed 11.04 (from scratch; I'm replacing Gentoo), and had no
> complicated problems.  Lucky me, my hardware was so old it doesn't even
> *try* to launch Unity.  Lucky me.
>
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