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Concern of upgrade from 14.04 lts to 16.04 lts.

Asked by poopa

Have dual disk system. The "Filesystem Root' is on /dev/sdb1 (Ext4) and my data is '/home' on /dev/sda1. 'sdb1' contains only ubuntu system with link to '/home'. 'sda1' has all data including Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird,...etc..... My concern is that the upgrade doesn't install Firefox and others on the system 'sdb1' disk I suppose I should backup both systems first. What then is best procedure. Any help. Old man -- poopa

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

1. Creating backup copies to another device is always recommended, to be able to restore your private files in case of any problem with the system.

2. If your system is correctly using sdb1 and sda1 partitions, then the upgrade process should be able to use them as they are and not change anything on your partitioning scheme.

3. For diagnostic purposes please provide the output of the following commands when executed in a terminal window:

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
mount

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poopa (pjseery) said : 		#2

/Manfred,
Thank you for your response. My grandson was a 'guru' with ubuntu &
linux but he passed away 2 years ago so I'm a little cautious & lost.

Poopa
/
On 08/06/2016 04:22 PM, Manfred Hampl wrote:
> Your question #327012 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/327012
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Manfred Hampl requested more information:
> 1. Creating backup copies to another device is always recommended, to be
> able to restore your private files in case of any problem with the
> system.
>
> 2. If your system is correctly using sdb1 and sda1 partitions, then the
> upgrade process should be able to use them as they are and not change
> anything on your partitioning scheme.
>
> 3. For diagnostic purposes please provide the output of the following
> commands when executed in a terminal window:
>
> uname -a
> lsb_release -crid
> mount
>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You should have a regular backup anyway if your data is important to you.

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