installing 3.2 and keep home folder intact

[Richard B]

Hi Nublix. Just for info, yesterday I did a re-install of 3.2 over 2.8 with a similar arrangement to you - separate /home partition.  Like you I set formatting of /home off and the end result seems good. It nicely retained my custom desktop setup except for my desktop picture which was in in /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/ so got lost. I may find other glitches and will take the hint not to bother Jerry with them!

[nublix]

Well, I followed the instructions (this time) and have installed 3.2 on this old box. Who knew kernel 4.4 x would work on it. Still, I had several hiccups along the way.

In tech years, the MB is quite old-2005 or earlier I think -so the computer just shuts itself down a few times during installation. Once during setting the partitions, twice when nearing the end of installation. I just start over again.

So now it seems fine. I updated fine and even got the widget on the dtop this time. But a couple of things I don't know if they should be of concern and if they'll keep popping up in the future.

1. At some point the keyboard stopped working and I could not right click with the mouse. Then I got this message:

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Could not grab your keyboard. A malicious client may be eavesdropping on your session
or you may have just clicked a menu or
some application just decided to get focus. Try again.
2. I thought to restart but here's what I got for that effort:

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Logout error. Received error while trying to logout.
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply,
the message bus security policy blocked the reply,
the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Are these messages something to worry about?

I hard-rebooted and the mouse and keyboard were back in normal working order.

I tried to take a screen-shot of msg #2 which seemed fine but once I got back to the desktop, the file is now an empty text file.  .

I'm looking for the option to change the files in my home folder from icons to list. I don't see it in the usual place at the top right corner. Where may I find that?

[Jerry]

Not dense, just missed the information I guess.

[nublix]

There is no official, supported path from 2.x Series to 3.x
This has been made clear numerous times in the community. I don't want to come across as unhelpful. My best advise is to do a fresh install. That is the most efficient use of everyones time here

Oh, that's fine.  I'm dense that way.

[Jerry]

There is no official, supported path from 2.x Series to 3.x
This has been made clear numerous times in the community. I don't want to come across as unhelpful. My best advise is to do a fresh install. That is the most efficient use of everyones time here

[nublix]

So 3.2 was installed with my /home folder intact. Yet. . . as Jerry said there will be unexpected results.
First one I noticed: no Lite Desktop Widget in Sessions and startup. see
 


This is what is left of Lite Control Centre. I know it's no around. How do I get rid of this bit and how do I update Sessions and Start up?
 


Trivial issues -I think.
3.2 boots and loads just about as fast as 2.6 did.
Programs like Firejail had to be re-installed as it didn't come from Lite's repos in the first place.
Identified printer but having CUPS issues
Had to reset wallpaper

Can I downgrade the 4.4 kernel if it turns out to be causing problems with this old machine?

All in all, so far, even if I have to reinstall with creating new home partitions, I won't say it was  a wasted effort -just a learning one. Please, any input, suggestions are very welcome  .

[nublix]

Thanks torreydale; I'll see how it goes with etcher.

Jerry: oh man. . . that sounds ominous or at the very least a wasted effort on my part.
You mean I'd perhaps not be able to use  /home from 2.6 with 3.2 and it'd be best to do an entire new install?

Still later I'll take a shot at it and see what gives. Will holler if it goes awry and I need help extricating myself.
Thx for the heads up though.

[Jerry]

The differences between Series 2.x and 3.x are so vast, I doubt you're likely to get the result you're after, but I wish you good luck

[torreydale]

That looks correct to me.  Might be simpler to use www.etcher.io to create your bootable usb drive.  I also use the Disks program to do that.  With Disks, you can restore the image file to the USB.  You'll see the option to do that in the settings.

[nublix]

After just about a yr of having LL2.6, I'm prepping this old machine to install 3.2 32bit but need to keep my home partition.

My partitions are:


Am I correct that  the following is what I need to do? -saw a vid on someone's post on this forum.

Something Else
select the Root partition  and use as ext 4 journalling . . .
select format, Mount as Root
Leave Swap as is
Home: use as ext 4 journalling . . .; do not format; mount point is /home; OK, Install Now; Continue

However, before I get there, in following the instructions in the online help manual to put the iso on the usb, don't I need to change this

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sudo dd if=linux-lite-2.8-32bit.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M to?

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sudo dd if=linux-lite-3.2-32bit.iso of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4M
my usb show up under sdb1