Paul Hardy <unifoun...@gmail.com> wrote (21 Sep 2013 16:45:07): > 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. The /root directory is a user directory too, albeit > for a special (super!) user. When someone indicates that they want to > preserve existing files, I think the /root files should remain intact > if the /root directory already exists on a drive, or at least move it > to /root-old or /root-bak or something like that if the installer must > create a brand new /root.
Installing over an existing installation is not supported by the installer by design, so closing this report. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076