darkchild666 wrote:Greetings Ladies & Gents.
I was just wondering if i upgrade my Ultimate Edition 2.1 x86 to Ubuntu 9.04, will it clean my repository? and what are some of the effects that i might face? And also do you recommend a upgrade?
Thanks in advance
Wellllllllllllllllllllllll.....
NAW, DON'T do the upgrade...backup your /home folder, sources.list, and whatever else you want to try and bring over, and do a fresh install with Jaunty (9.04)...and make sure during the partitioning sequence you select "Ext4"...you'll be pleasantly surprised by the increased speed of the "Ext4" format (ex: fsck when forced at bootup as it is every so often, only takes like 2 seconds!!!). Ext4 will read ext3 and below including NTFS/Fat32/etc..., but Ext3 etc...WILL NOT read Ext4, so DO take that into consideration...and YES, you can install what you backed up (Ext3 or whatever format) and it will install on Ext4...
This all may seem like extra work but there are 2 DISTINCT advantages: 1) You get the additional performance enhancement of the Ext4 format, & 2) with a fresh install, there won't be any errors that always emerges from an upgrade.
Hope this helps you in deciding...and whatever you decide, we're always here to help!!!
Good Luck!!