Upgrade to 7.04 from 6.06 without losing settings.

Thanks for your question.

There is 2 methods:

method 1 :
you update to 6.10 and then to 7.04

method 2 :
Do you have a separated partion for /home ?
If yes you can just install Ubuntu 7.04 from the CD, select manual partitionning and reuse your old /home partition.

If not it is possible to create a separated /home partition by resizing/creating a new partition/copy your /home folder to the new partition

Personally I think method 2 is best.
I will need more informations on your current partition scheme to help you further.
Please open a terminal and report the output of these 2 commands:
sudo fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab

Could not execute the 2 commands you requested. The disk manager reports as follows:
Partition 1; Device: /dev/sdal
Fiklesystem:Windows NFTS
Access Path: /tmp/disks-conf-sda

Partition 3:
Device: /dev/sda 3
Filesystem: Extended 3
Access path: /

Swap Partition:
Device: /dev/sda 5
Filesystem: Memory Swap

Partition 2:
Device: /dev/sda 2
Filesystem: Windows NTFS
Access Path: /tmp/disks-conf-sda

I believe partition 1 is the Windows XP partition and Partition 2 is an extended Windows partition I reserved for my wifes photos and documents. If Partition 3 and the Swap partition are the Linux partitions do I format them before installing Ubuntu 7.04 or do I install on top of my 6.06 installation? Thanks for your help.

I have a slow internet connection so downloading is not a good solution. I have the 7.04 CD but need to know best way to use..

Hello can you please report the output of the commands I gave you:

Open a terminal: Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
enter the first command:
sudo fdisk -l
It will ask for your password. While you enter your password, nothing is shown, not even stars ( **** ) but it is normal.
then enter the second command:
cat /etc/fstab

then copy-paste the output of these 2 commands here

the result should be something like this:

leszek@pc1:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Password:

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 64 514048+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 65 30401 243681952+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 65 5163 40957686 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 5164 7713 20482843+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 7714 17912 81923436 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 17913 30401 100317861 83 Linux
leszek@pc1:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=60b4e17c-81eb-43b2-9740-2487edbfcba3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda1
UUID=4ebefbee-c5ce-4395-862a-6c3d2c7f2286 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sda8
UUID=e0f0dba9-7e38-413e-9e4b-43ee7d53ac15 /home ext3 defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda7
UUID=eaef85ab-096e-4122-b381-afa129373e57 /home2 ext3 defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda6
UUID=ae8a320c-b47b-44c7-b087-cb604719c558 /home3 ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
leszek@pc1:~$

Thanks Stephen Gentle, that solved my question.

I took Stephens advice even though it took 5 hours to download and install 6.10. My next chore is downloading 7.10. Everything worked fine. I am loving Linux more and more. Can't wait to get my wife off of XP.