[plug] Sundry niggles with Hardy

[Richard Meyer]

On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 15:50 +0900, David Dartnall wrote:
> Jason Posavec wrote:
> > Blake Munro wrote:
> >> Hi Dave,
> >>
> >> Yes, Intrepid is the next release. Check this link: 
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseSchedule
> >> Today is the release day! So probably tomorrow when you wake up it 
> >> will be available by the time the sun does it's thing.
> >>
> >> If you are thinking of upgrading, then I would recommend giving it a 
> >> shot and then coming back here and letting us know how it goes. Not 
> >> all upgrades are smooth. It's usually better to do a clean install, 
> >> but if that's not an option then take the upgrade path.
> >>
> >> Perhaps it will even solve some of your issues!
> >>
> >> Good luck,
> >> Blake Munro
> >>
> >>
> > Does anybody else recommend a clean install over an upgrade?
> And if that's preferable, will it install on a free section in another 
> disk on the same machine without messing up the existing installation 
> and have the the boot procedure now offer the Windows / Hardy / Intrepid 
> options, assuming that area is correctly partitioned with gparted etc? 
> Sounds like a tall order tho'.

SUSE does, so I'm pretty sure Ubuntu will take a really good try at it.
> 
> And what, in addition to backing up /home would be advisable to save? In 
> either event...
> 
> Gets messier by the minute doesn't it.

If it was easy it wouldn't be fun ...  ;-)
> 
> Regards
> Dave Dartnall
-- 
Richard Meyer
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It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
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