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return to intrepid until

Asked by Sean

Hi,
is it possible to return seamlessly to Intrepid until full jaunty release?
Thanks
John

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#1

Not really, the easiest way would be to reinstall ubuntu from scratch.

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Using an Intrepid Cd go thorugh the install but choose "Manual Partitioning" instead of "Guided" make sure the Ubuntu partition has it's "Mount Point" set to "/" which is the 'root of the linux file-system' - also and most crucially make sure that each partition is UNticked in the column "Format Partition?". This should keep all your data and setting (and high scores, hopefully). However, i would always save all your "/home" folder to an external drive or dvd's or even just put it on a new partition because this has a high chance of going wrong in which case you'll lose your data. Backing up is good to do every now and then anyway so now is a good time ;)

Regards and good luck from
Tom :)

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Sean (mareshah) said : 		#3

thanks Tom

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

Brilliant, nicely done. You got it to work? Not many find that easy to do but i have seen it done a couple of times.
Congrats and regards from
Tom :)

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Sean (mareshah) said : 		#5

thanks Tom for your congratulations but i dont have a n intrepid cd and I dont have at this time the confidence to embark on such a endeavour being a relatively new beginner to linux
Thanks again.
I will wait in the hope that jaunty will be perfwcted for me in the days ahead!

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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#6

Can I use this as an opportunity to ask if anybody has tried jaunty yet? How stable is it?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

I use jaunty from the pre alpha stage on 3 pc and it is unstable but i can use it... today..., tomorrow or in the future i'm ready to get some issue but i'm aware of this and i use it to send bugs... so all i can do is only send bugs or/and wait.

So you can use it but sometimes you must have some kind of skill to dress the incoming issue.

Hope this helps.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#8

And Bernard i'm sure you have that skill...!

Hoep this helps

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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#9

Well, I'll probably upgrade in a couple of weeks. Thanks!

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#10

I use jaunty too its stable enough.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#11

Jaunty is progressing fast. I wouldn't recommend it to a linux noob but noobs turn into experienced savvy people quite fast. Sticking with Jaunty seems like the best and easiest plan. A lot of development work is going into it and the more bug-reports the better, especially from people that are new to linux - we can easily re-file any bug-reports from bug-squad to the answer forums so let rip and help make Jaunty stronger for it :)

Good luck and deep regards to all alpha and beta testers from
Tom :)