Kubuntu upgrade install

[Frank Arnold]

Wow! They sure like to make it hard for you.
Such a great distro too.
Frank Arnold


On Sunday 13 November 2005 16:18, Steve Turnbull wrote:
> On Sunday 13 November 2005 23:07, Frank Arnold wrote:
> > OK. I just downloaded and burnt to a CD the latest
> > Kubuntu Live CD. Like the look and feel of it.
> > My question is: If I get the install CD and run it
> > will it overwrite all my work related files in
> > my home directory or will it do an upgrade and
> > leave those files untouched? I'd hate to have to recreate
> > them. Please advise. I can back up the entire directory if necessary.
> > So any suggestions for a good backup procedure?
> > How about sources.list?
> > Frank Arnold
>
> Is your /home directory in it's own partition? If so, then you can put a
> fresh install of Kubuntu on your machine. When the install asks about
> partitioning, select to do the partitioning manually. Make sure that you
> leave the partition with your /home directory unformatted, but make sure
> you tell it to be mounted as /home
>
> If not, then it depends how much data in your /home. Have you got a
> separate PC which you could network to? Do you have a spare hard drive?
>
> Steve
>
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> Steve Turnbull
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