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. <div>On 9/21/06, Foxy <<a href="mailto:foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk">foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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 * < <a href="mailto:h.aling@home.nl">h.aling@home.nl</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:h.aling@home.nl">h.aling@home.nl</a>>> > 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- > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com </a>> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a> > > > > > -- > 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. -- xubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel </a> </blockquote></div> -- Vincent