[ubuntu-za] Gusty instlallation

[Vijay Makanjee]

yes booted off gutsy. i am willing to reinstall the entire thing - have 
already backed up my /home dir.

i will keep trying.

Vijay Makanjee
Ergo | P O Box 19801 | Tecoma 5214 | South Africa
email: vijay at ergo.co.za | Ph: +27 82 6014353 | Fax: +27 43 7271137




Morgan Collett wrote:
> On 10/23/07, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za> wrote:
>   
>> my problem is that the powerpc version of the ubuntu desktop download
>> does not do anything. I have m5sumed the d'load and all looks fine.
>> also there does not seem to be an easy way to upgrade from the desktop
>> cd for powerpc.
>>     
>
> Did you boot off it?
>
> The desktop CD's only good for new installations (by booting from the
> CD), not upgrades to a running system - unless you install from
> scratch. (That is feasible if you keep /home on a different partition
> - or back it up and restore it after the install.)
>
> Hope that helps,
> Morgan
>
>