Upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04 LTS (BORKED)

[Robert Holtzman]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 01:03:15AM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> 
> When you reinstall, tell the installer to use the /home volume for
> /home and (VERY important) *NOT* to format it. It will pick up all
> your existing settings and customisations - you'll just have to
> reinstall any programs you've added by hand.

It will only retain the settings that reside in the /home directory, not
any in /etc or any of the */share/* directories.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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"If you think you're getting free lunch,
 check the price of the beer"
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