[ubuntu-in] Kubuntu 11.04 ->11.10

[Manish Sinha]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 12:09 PM, mohi <mohanchml at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Just try avoiding the upgrading process to the newly released 11.10. The
> main reason for this is
>
> 1) Filesystem Hierarchy standards change in the Debian family
> 2) Clash in the file organization.
>
> Kindly go for a fresh install or wait for few weeks to get all the bugs
> found and fixed (If you really want to upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10)

Doing a fresh install over the broken partition should fix it.
Care has to be taken that Format check-box should not be checked
for the partition which is marked as /

The installer can find out your /home directory and it won't touch it.

-
Manish