Upgrading to Zorin 5.1

Hi everyone.

I recently replaced Windows xp with Zorin 5 in my netbook and now that Zorin 5.1 is out I want to try to install that. Are there any pitfalls to avoid so that I can ensure a smooth transition? Zorin 5 is the only OS in that nettop annd I have separate / and /home partitions, so I was thinking I could just replace the / partition. However, I don't know if that would be an option and I don't recall if that was the case the first time I installed Zorin. Any thoughts?

Hi,

you should install the new OS directly and when it comes to the part about where to install, select "other" which is last on the options list and manually choose your partitions, you don't have to format your /home partition but you do have to select format your / (root) partition.

Hope this helps you further.

Regards Wolfman

Hi,

you should install the new OS directly and when it comes to the part about where to install, select "other" which is last on the options list and manually choose your partitions, you don't have to format your /home partition but you do have to select format your / (root) partition.

Hope this helps you further.

Regards Wolfman

If he did an 'auto' install on 5.0 then his /home will be wiped out if he did not manually create a separate /home partition!

What you say is true swarfendor but he did say "I have separate / and /home partitions" in his post and that is why I suggested what I did

Regards Wolfman

Thanks guys, I'll upgrade to Zorin 5.1 over the weekend