Upgrade My Dual Boot

[maximusimo]

Hi,

Windows XP Home with Ubuntu 8 working with no problems at all...except that I want to update to 10 and have no idea how to go about it. Can anyone offer me any advice?

Thanks in advance

[ronnielsen1]

Updating from 8.04 or 8.10 to 10.04 probably wouldn't work too well. I would backup your home and do a clean reinstall

[maximusimo]

So should I clean install XP and then install 10.04 as dual boot. Is there no way of uninstalling 8 and then installing 10?

[ronnielsen1]

So should I clean install XP and then install 10.04 as dual boot. Is there no way of uninstalling 8 and then installing 10?

If your xp is working good, why would you reinstall it? You could install 10.04 over the partition that you currently have 8 on. I just thought you would have files that you want to save

[Rubi1200]

It is possible to upgrade an LTS release,

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes#From%209.10%20or%208.04%20LTS%20to%20 10.04%20LTS

but whether it is advisable or not is another matter.

Quite a few people have experienced problems with upgrading.

If you do consider a fresh install, make sure you backup anything important first.

[sm_ashiq]

Hi friends, i am new Ubuntu user

I have a desktop with dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit. I like to upgrade my Ubuntu from 32 to 64bit without losing XP. Please help me

Thanks in advance

[maximusimo]

Thanks folks,


ronnielsen1 sorry, I got confused from your previous post. I'll give installing 10.04 over 8 a whirl.

Is there any tutorials out there that could help me? I can't remember where I got the one I originally used for installing 8 from.