[ltp] How safe is ubuntu 11.10?

[Jeffrey L. Taylor]

Quoting Marius Gedminas <marius@gedmin.as>:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 05:53:37PM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
[snip]
> On the other hand, since upgrading from 10.04 to 11.10 would require
> intermediate upgrades to 10.10 and 11.04, a fresh install of 11.10 might
> save some time.  (Also, if you ask it not to format the partition, it'll
> delete all the files except for /home, saving you some backup-restore
> time post-install.  You do need backups still, in case something goes
> wrong, or if you forget to uncheck the format checkbox.)
> 

Thanks for the info.  Putting /home not on its own partition seemed dumb.  Now
I know why.  It would have saved me some time.

> > It went fairly smoothly, except I tried to do the installation with immediate
> > updates over WiFi and ended up with an unusable system.  Do the updates while
> > connected to a wired connection.
> 
> That sounds interesting.
> 
> There's a known bug in the upgrade process where it kicks you off wifi
> and prevents flashplugin-installer from upgrading completely.  11.10
> release notes recommend plugging in an Ethernet cable for upgrades for
> that reason.  I haven't seen anyone mention any Wifi-related
> complications for new installs before.
>

Uh, how is plugging in an Ethernet cable != don't use WiFi?

Jeffrey