[ubuntu-za] Gusty instlallation
Morgan Collett
morgan at ubuntu.com
Tue Oct 23 11:53:17 BST 2007
On 10/23/07, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za> wrote:
> my problem is that the powerpc version of the ubuntu desktop download
> does not do anything. I have m5sumed the d'load and all looks fine.
> also there does not seem to be an easy way to upgrade from the desktop
> cd for powerpc.
Did you boot off it?
The desktop CD's only good for new installations (by booting from the
CD), not upgrades to a running system - unless you install from
scratch. (That is feasible if you keep /home on a different partition
- or back it up and restore it after the install.)
Hope that helps,
Morgan
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