Cyril, On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 installation-reports: /root directory deleted when > re-installing > > Hi Paul, > > Paul Hardy <unifoun...@gmail.com> (2013-09-21): > > > > Comments/Problems: > > > > My system experienced a Linux kernel panic while compiling a source > > package, after which the system would not re-boot. I re-installed > > Debian using Debian's graphical installation tool. I indicated to the > > installer that I wanted to leave existing files in place. Following > > this, I saw that files in /home and some other directories were left > > untouched (as desired), but the /root directory was completely wiped > > out and replaced.... > > sorry to hear about that. May I suggest you use the rescue mode next time > anyway, instead of installing Debian over your installation? It would > certainly would have been quicker to remount the correct partition(s) and > fix e.g. your kernel and/or grub, than reinstalling and risking bad stuff > for the existing file system(s). > > Mraw, > KiBi. > Thanks for the suggestion. I only re-installed the system because I was in the process of setting up a new system so I was starting almost from scratch. I could have spent more time hunting down why the system was no longer booting following a kernel panic. I had already customized things in /root though, and leaving /root intact is something that would also come up during upgrades of course. Paul Hardy
