On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 19:56, Bruce Marshall wrote:
2) Don't let the install use up all your space!
3) I usually make a:
/boot 23m /home 2G (in your case you might want 3G) / 6G (is plenty) /swap 1G (is plenty)
That's all I would do...
You would use 10GB out of 120, leaving 110 wasted, simply so you can install 8.3 when it comes out? Tell me, do you do anything with your machine besides installing OSes? :)
Wasted??? I would call a 110GB partition that the install might want to set up 'wasted'... definitely.
What good is a '/' paritition that is about 3% utilized? I would call about 92% of the remainder as 'wasted'.
I take that as a "no" then. Geez, 110GB is gone in no time on my machines
don't ever upgrade if you can help it.)
Why on earth not?
If it doesn't go right (and someday it won't) there is no return unless you are fully backed up and want to do a full restore. I'd rather just reboot to my old system until I get things worked out.
And there are about 5 other good reasons not to upgrade but I'm not going to get on the bandstand for those.
Silly FUD. I would agree that a fresh install is the "safer" option, but to say "never, ever do it" is going too far. I've upgraded several times with no issues whatever