welshmike
July 31st, 2010, 03:37 PM
I've recently scrapped Windows XP from this vintage 1998 desktop that was set up for my house guests to use and did a clean 10.04 install. I runs really well on this vintage 1998 desktop which has 768MiB RAM and an AMD Athlon XP 1600+ processor.
9.10 has been installed on my 5 year old laptop successfully for a while and the Ubuntu Software Centre regularly reminds me that I can upgrade to 10.04. However I understand that such upgrade is done as an online download.
I have a 10.04 install CD and would like to know if I can upgrade my laptop from 9.10 using that. I do not want to install from scratch because although I can save and restore my home folder I do not want lose the installed drivers for my printer, scanner and wireless adapter, wherever Ubuntu may have installed them.
What does the team advise please?
9.10 has been installed on my 5 year old laptop successfully for a while and the Ubuntu Software Centre regularly reminds me that I can upgrade to 10.04. However I understand that such upgrade is done as an online download.
I have a 10.04 install CD and would like to know if I can upgrade my laptop from 9.10 using that. I do not want to install from scratch because although I can save and restore my home folder I do not want lose the installed drivers for my printer, scanner and wireless adapter, wherever Ubuntu may have installed them.
What does the team advise please?