Edgy upgrade question

[Vincent]

I did make a separate home partition. I just don't know how to keep it when
re-installing. Anyway, this is a good opportunity to convince my friend that
next time he makes himself a separate home partition.

On 9/21/06, Matías Szeftel <mszeftel at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>
> I don't know if you did this, but next time consider making a separate
> /home partition. It can really make thinks more simple when re-installing.
> > No, it's too big. But I'll probably find some way to do it...
> >
> > On 9/21/06, *Foxy* <foxy at on-the-hill.me.uk
> > <mailto:foxy at on-the-hill.me.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     Vincent wrote:
> >     > Well, making the backup is not the problem, it's just that I
> >     don't have
> >     > an external harddrive, nor a CD or DVD burner, so I'd have to
> >     upload it
> >     > somewhere.
> >     >
> >     > On 9/21/06, * Foxy* <foxy at on-the-hill.me.uk
> >     <mailto:foxy at on-the-hill.me.uk>
> >     > <mailto: foxy at on-the-hill.me.uk
> >     <mailto:foxy at on-the-hill.me.uk>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Vincent wrote:
> >     >      > Hmm.. OK, I might just do that, just need to find a place
> to
> >     >     backup my
> >     >      > files to (and find out how to re-use my home partition).
> >     >      >
> >     >      > Thanks!
> >     >      >
> >     >      > On 9/21/06, *Harold Aling * < h.aling at home.nl
> >     <mailto:h.aling at home.nl>
> >     >     <mailto:h.aling at home.nl <mailto:h.aling at home.nl>>
> >     <mailto:h.aling at home.nl <mailto:h.aling at home.nl>
> >     >     <mailto:h.aling at home.nl <mailto:h.aling at home.nl> >>>
> >     >      > wrote:
> >     >      >
> >     >      >     Vincent wrote:
> >     >      >     > Yes, but my problem is: I don't know which packages I
> >     >     installed from
> >     >      >     > alternative repositories.
> >     >      >
> >     >      >     I upgraded my Dapper to Edgy yesterday and I now have
> >     ~200
> >     >      >     packages that
> >     >      >     want to be uninstalled, including lots of system
> >     libraries. I
> >     >      >     hosed half
> >     >      >     of my system before noticing it...
> >     >      >
> >     >      >     So if I'd were you, I'd backup your self-modified
> >     /etc files
> >     >     and your
> >     >      >     /home/<username> and go for a fresh install!
> >     >      >
> >     >      >     Although I had some problems with the installer of
> >     Knot 3...
> >     >      >     * Unable to select "no localization", so I selected
> >     "English"
> >     >      >     * Partitioner doesn't start 99% of the time
> >     >      >     * Random hangs when clicking forward so I've started
> then
> >     >     installer
> >     >      >     dozens of times...
> >     >      >
> >     >      >     When you do get edgy running, things are much
> >     smoother...
> >     >      >
> >     >      >     -H-
> >     >      >
> >     >      >
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> >     >      >
> >     >      > --
> >     >      > Vincent
> >     >     there was a HOWTO about backing up a home directory. Frankly
> >     speaking
> >     >     you can just tar gzip it and burn on the dvd. Also it is a
> >     good idea to
> >     >     back up any customised files from you /etc and maybe you
> >     sources.list to
> >     >     keep track of unofficial repos you use. Once you've done it
> >     you may
> >     >     start installing Edgy. When you reach partitioning part do
> >     not reformat
> >     >     you home partition and assign it to /home. Reformat your
> >     root partition
> >     >     and that's it. If anything goes wrong you still have a
> >     backup of you
> >     >     home directory.
> >     >
> >     >
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> >     >
> >     > --
> >     > Vincent
> >     >
> >     is your /home dir big? You can use USD stick for example if it is
> not
> >     very big.
> >
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