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. <div> On 9/21/06, Matías Szeftel <<a href="mailto:mszeftel@yahoo.com.ar">mszeftel@yahoo.com.ar</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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* <<a href="mailto:foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk">foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk">foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk</a>>> 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* <<a href="mailto:foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk">foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk">foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk</a>> > > <mailto: <a href="mailto:foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk">foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk">foxy@on-the-hill.me.uk</a>>>> 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 * < <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>> > > <mailto:<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>>> > <mailto: <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>> > > <mailto:<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>> > > <mailto:<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>>> > > <mailto:<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>> > > <mailto:<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> > <<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> > <mailto:<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> > <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> > > < <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a>> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Vincent > > > is your /home dir big? You can use USD stick for example if it is not > very big. > > -- > 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> > <<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a>> > > > > > -- > Vincent __________________________________________________ Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí. Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, está en Yahoo! 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