Upgrading to 8.04

[i.mehrzad]

I recently received my Ubuntu 8.04 cd. I want to upgrade to 8.04 without losing any data. Can i use the cd to upgrade my Ubuntu Fiesty.

Thanking you.

[Sef]

Best to do a clean install, but you will lose all your settings.

If you want to update, then System > Administration > Software Sources > Installable from CDrom and DVD.

[marcelo danico]

For a complete system backup in a compressed file see this
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81311

You could also put all your files into a folder like home and compress that and put it on external media or a partition that won't get formatted.

I goofed up, because I didn't backup my bookmarks, evolution emails/contacts. Next time I'll compress and backup the whole OS.

Hope this helps!

[marcelo danico]

This looks really cool. I'll have to download it and try it out tonight.

Sbackup --> http://sourceforge.net/projects/sbackup

SBackup is a Simple Backup solution for Linux. It is generally developed with a Gnome desktop in mind, but will also work in other desktop environments and also on the console.