Torqumada286
October 13th, 2010, 06:35 PM
My upgrade form 10.4 to 10.10 messed my system up so it won't go beyond the log in screen, so I figured I will probably just do a wipe and start fresh. Currently my system is a triple boot system with Ubuntu/XP64/Win7RC, though I hardly use that anymore. Ubuntu is on a 300gb drive, XP64 is on an 80gb and Win7RC is on a 500gb. Now, if using the LiveCD version I determine that my home folder data is still good on the Ubuntu drive, even if I can't currently boot into it, is the following a good option for me?
To begin with, using the LiveCD, I mount the 300gb drive and backup my home folder to an external drive. Reboot, install 10.10 on the 300gb or 500gb drive with the LiveCD, wipe the drive Ubuntu wasn't installed on and adjust GRUB to keep the XP drive current until I eventually swap over to a full version of Windows7. It will be easy to copy the backup home directory over to the newly blank drive, but I am a bit confused on how to get Ubutnu to recognise it. I have read this (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving) tutorial, but I am still not quite sure what to do. Some clarification would be great as well as a critique of my plan.
Thank you in advance for the help.
Torqumada
To begin with, using the LiveCD, I mount the 300gb drive and backup my home folder to an external drive. Reboot, install 10.10 on the 300gb or 500gb drive with the LiveCD, wipe the drive Ubuntu wasn't installed on and adjust GRUB to keep the XP drive current until I eventually swap over to a full version of Windows7. It will be easy to copy the backup home directory over to the newly blank drive, but I am a bit confused on how to get Ubutnu to recognise it. I have read this (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving) tutorial, but I am still not quite sure what to do. Some clarification would be great as well as a critique of my plan.
Thank you in advance for the help.
Torqumada