[ubuntu-uk] getting my Jaunty working again....

[Rob Beard]

Dean Sas wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>   
>> If it was me, I'd backup /home (this is why it's good idea to have /home 
>> on a separate partition ;-) and reinstall.  Your bookmarks etc should be 
>> kept then.
>>     
>
> You don't need /home on a separate partition to preserve it on
> reinstall. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbiquityPreserveHome
>
> Dean
>
>   
No you don't but it makes life much easier and it means you can easily 
share it with other installations too.  Not to mention I often fill my 
home directory and the last thing I want is the whole machine to throw a 
wobbly due to lack of disk space (okay, I know there is some reserved 
space)...

Rob