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ihaveabu
May 28th, 2010, 09:11 PM
I'm running 9.04 on my desktop right now. If I update to 10.04, will it mess up my printer drivers and my system settings? I have had a lot of custom settings put in, like auto shut down, and setting printer drivers was a painful experience. I'd hate to have to do it all again.

darkod
May 28th, 2010, 09:30 PM
You can't upgrade directly from 9.04, only from 9.10 and 8.04.

You would have to do two sequential upgrades, so it leaves a lot of space something to go wrong.

I suggest you start planning for a clean install of 10.04. You don't have to do it right now, 9.04 is supported for another 6 months. Just start planning it, and how to transfer your settings and data with least effort.