View Full Version : [ubuntu] upgrading, keep home folder
Ranko95
July 30th, 2009, 12:40 AM
Is there anyway to upgrade from ubuntu jaunty to a karmic alpha, but keep my home folder? I really hate the intel driver issues and karmic is supposed to fix that. I also wana take a look at the beautiful boot karmic is supposed to have.
Thanks!
Ranko95
July 30th, 2009, 01:23 AM
bump!
merlinus
July 30th, 2009, 01:41 AM
If /home is on a separate partition, then simply choose to not format it during upgrade/install.
If not, then perhaps you can move it to one beforehand:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome
earthpigg
July 30th, 2009, 02:29 AM
easiest way possible:
in the file manager, navigate to your /home/myusername/ and select view -> hidden files.
back up everything you see.
then, restore it in your new /home/myusername/, replacing the stuff already there.
merlinus
July 30th, 2009, 02:37 AM
I agree that this is easiest, if one has a flash or external drive with enough capacity to copy everything in .mozilla-thunderbird, documents, pictures, music, and such.
And then the situation will persist when next reinstalling, or installing a newer version.
At some point, creating a separate /home partition will be best, IMFFHO, so why not now?
earthpigg
July 31st, 2009, 10:49 PM
At some point, creating a separate /home partition will be best, IMFFHO, so why not now?
easiest time to do that is indeed at a fresh install :D
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