Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions
On 10/17/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh, > > Maybe you should do an upgrade instead of a re-install? That will keep > your exiting partitions and all existing user names. > > I downloaded the alternate CD and popped it into my running Feisty > system and clicked on upgrade in the window that popped up. > > But there are other ways to do it. > > Regards, > Tony. > -- Well, I decided to go the upgrade route over the net, and couldn't then get a graphical login, and X wouldn't start with startx. Which wasn't exactly what I was expecting. Now just finishing the install from cd, decided to overwrite whatever the problem was - home folder is all backed up anyway, so not a problem if it goes tits up again. The live cd worked fine, so am assuming it will work fine when installed. -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions
Josh, On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 23:38 +, Josh Blacker wrote: > Am currently all booted up in gutsy rc live cd, but going through the > installer it doesn't seem to be very intelligent about me having user > profiles in my /home partition. It detects the ones from my Windows > partition, but not the Ubuntu ones. Any ideas on why this is, and why > I am prompted to enter new user information? I would have thought it > would be able to see my exisiting Ubuntu /home. Maybe you should do an upgrade instead of a re-install? That will keep your exiting partitions and all existing user names. I downloaded the alternate CD and popped it into my running Feisty system and clicked on upgrade in the window that popped up. But there are other ways to do it. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions
On 10/17/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 23:38 +, Josh Blacker wrote: > > Am currently all booted up in gutsy rc live cd, but going through the > > installer it doesn't seem to be very intelligent about me having user > > profiles in my /home partition. It detects the ones from my Windows > > partition, but not the Ubuntu ones. Any ideas on why this is, and why > > I am prompted to enter new user information? I would have thought it > > would be able to see my exisiting Ubuntu /home. > > > > Well, there's nothing to "import" from your existing home directory is > there? If you want to "use" that partition, all that Gutsy needs to know > is where it is, and it will mount it. Surely then, there should be no need to come up with new user information, that's my point - a little counterintuitive. I understand where you're coming from, though. > > So during the partition section you need to specify which partition you > want to be swap, which is / and which is /home. Make sure you tell it > not to format /home, but it will want to format / I suspect :) The annoying thing is, the installer lists my partitions as /media/sda1 etc, but Nautilus as /media/disk etc, which don't even seem to correspond! I may have to jump in and pray for the best... Perhaps I'm just being tired and slow! > Cheers, > Al. > Thanks, -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 23:38 +, Josh Blacker wrote: > Am currently all booted up in gutsy rc live cd, but going through the > installer it doesn't seem to be very intelligent about me having user > profiles in my /home partition. It detects the ones from my Windows > partition, but not the Ubuntu ones. Any ideas on why this is, and why > I am prompted to enter new user information? I would have thought it > would be able to see my exisiting Ubuntu /home. > Well, there's nothing to "import" from your existing home directory is there? If you want to "use" that partition, all that Gutsy needs to know is where it is, and it will mount it. So during the partition section you need to specify which partition you want to be swap, which is / and which is /home. Make sure you tell it not to format /home, but it will want to format / I suspect :) Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions
Hi guys, Am currently all booted up in gutsy rc live cd, but going through the installer it doesn't seem to be very intelligent about me having user profiles in my /home partition. It detects the ones from my Windows partition, but not the Ubuntu ones. Any ideas on why this is, and why I am prompted to enter new user information? I would have thought it would be able to see my exisiting Ubuntu /home. Yours confusedly, -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
