Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 with Live CD

[miguel53201]

My Ubuntu 11.04 is booting very slowly. I have a dual boot with Windows XP and Ubuntu 11.04. I have burned a Live CD of 11.10. What I would like to do is upgrade and have a clean installation of Ubuntu 11.10 via Live CD and keep the Dual Boot. I know I will lose all my data on Ubuntu 11.04

I have tried the Live CD and I believe there should be an option to "Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10" But all I see is is 2 options "Fresh Install" and "something else". I have looked at the web and cannot see any instructions on how to upgrade a dual boot via a Live CD. Also when in the Live CD I do not have any access to the Home Folder. Can someone please advise how to upgrade a dual boot via a LIve CD Below is the results of sudo fdisk -l


Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 629 4755208+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2 * 630 12411 89071920 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 12412 15461 23058000 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 15462 15881 3175200 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Thanks In ADvance

[Script Warlock]

What I would like to do is upgrade and have a clean installation of Ubuntu 11.10 via Live CD and keep the Dual Boot upgrade or clean install.. update-manager -d in the terminal is much easier.

[miguel53201]

Thanks Script Warlock for the quick reply.

That is what I normally do from when I started Ubuntu back with 7.10. My Ubuntu 11.04 is not booting well and has alot of stuff that has slowed Ubuntu down. So I want to do fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 and keep the dual boot with Windows XP. I have done more web surfing will the Upgrade to 11.10 be available from the Alternate CD

[Script Warlock]

ok if you want a fresh install ubuntu then choose the option "something else" upon partitioning don't ever touch any ntfs or you may lose your windows partition.

[Elfy]

So I want to do fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 and keep the dual boot with Windows XP.


will the Upgrade to 11.10 be available from the Alternate CDWhich do you want to do?

For a clean install - backup your data.

Boot the cd - live or alternate - install - when you get to the partition part of the install - install over your existing install partition.

[miguel53201]

So I do "Something Else"
select "/dev/sda3 12412 15461 23058000 83 Linux"
and the Dual Boot with Windows XP will still work when I reboot?

Just wondering why the Option in the Live CD does not have the "Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10" option avaiable. Like I have seen in places.

Thanks

[Script Warlock]

yes it will work and as i said dont touch those ntfs.. just be careful.

[miguel53201]

OK I will try this tommorrow.

Thanks for your help