Re: [Hampshire] Upgrading Ubuntu 6.06 to 7.10

Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> There are many more experience Ubuntu folks on here than me, but I'd
> actually say moving from 6.06 to 7.10 by a clean install is the best
> method. I went from 6.06 to 7.04 a while back and found the process a
> bit awkward. A clean install worked for me.
>
> My approach would be to backup /home and /etc/xorg.conf.

I did this recently with my daughter's machine. It was painless and
completed in less than two hours, fromstart to finish.

I had a separate /home partition, which was carefully noted, used but
excluded from formatting at the relevant point in the installation. A
backup prior to doing this is a good idea. For little effort it
requires, a backup of /etc is probably a good idea too. That said, I
would hope that Gutsy will do a better job of detecting your hardware
and configuring it than an earlier release, so any reference to old
config files should be largely unnecessary. That was certainly my
experience.

Sean