how to refresh 6.06 and save /home?

[ubuntu at rio.vg]

bscbrit wrote:
> But what is the point of making a tar file and saving it on the drive
> that is going to be overwritten during the re-install?  Sure, you can
> use tar, zip, bzip or anything else but you have to save it to
> _another_ medium if you don't want to lose it during the re-install.
> 
> 

Well, obviously, you'd copy that file somewhere else, to another
machine, server, or CD.  The point of the tar is to save all the
permissions and whatnot, not to mention making it much easier to move about.