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age99
May 18th, 2011, 05:19 AM
Hi, I upgraded to 11.04, but the updgrade crashed, and now it has some errors with Unity crashing every time I open a terminal. Is there any way to re-install without having to reconfigure all my programs? I am running a dual-boot.

Thanks

shantanu18
May 18th, 2011, 06:17 AM
YES. Ubuntu 11.04 also provide a update option from previous version. Boot from live CD and upgrade option will appear before showing partition table. Select upgrade and it will upgrade your system applications will be ok. But which application does not support 11.04 maybe removed. Backup your data from before upgrade. If this upgrade crash then try it again. Careful about disk space in filesystem. Good luck!

age99
May 18th, 2011, 06:27 AM
Thanks, I'll download a live CD. But with 11.04 already poorly installed, how will it upgrade?

Hedgehog1
May 18th, 2011, 07:39 AM
When you boot from the 11.04 LiveCD/LiveUSB:

You may have an upgrade path offered in the 'install 11.04'.

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/874/upgradetonatty.png

If this is not offered, if you have your data in a separate '/home' partition you can reinstall 11.04 over your 10.10 '/' partition and be sure to not format the '/home' partition:

First, define your '/' (root) partition:

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7520/04allocdrivespace2.png

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9673/05allocdrivespace3.png

Then define your '/home' partition:

IF YOU ARE DOING AN UPGRADE, DO NOT FORMAT THIS PARTITION!

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6828/07allocdrivespace5.png

This separates your documents and 'stuff' from the system files and 'stuff' in the '/' partition.

The Hedge

:KS

p.s. To learn how to move your '/home' into it's own partition: SeparateHomePartition (http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome)