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Greg Herdman wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who has contributed to my scrambled screen issue.
> I've almost come to the conclusion that the quickest way to get
> everything back to full functionality would be to reinstall Ubuntu 8.04.
>
> I've taken on-board two key issues (I think) that ought to retain all of
> the information still on my machine:
>
> 1. Backup /home - including all of the system objects revealed by CTRL-H.
> 2. When reinstalling, to not reformat my /home partition - in fact that
> is my ONLY partition as far as I know, given that my system is
> Ubuntu-only, rather than a dual boot setup.
>
> If anyone can foresee any possible potholes for the unwary (me) please
> do tell before I go down this route.
>
> Many thnaks to all who have and continue to contribute - as a newbie,
> I'm finding reading everyone's postings really helpful in getting
> familiar with Ubuntu.
>
> One final query; how do I go about making a copy of my Live DVD? Thomas
> & Sicam in their book almost insist on users duplicating their DVD and
> spreading it around. I have a number of interested parties keen to
> sample Ubuntu but can't see a way to copy the disc since it auto runs.
>
> Regards
>
> Greg
>
>
Hello, Greg.
If you want to have a separate /home in case you need to reinstall
there's a tutorial for migrating to one at
One trap you must be careful not to fall into is that you must create
the first user when setting up in your reinstall with the same name as
the first user in your existing install, so that it uses the existing
home folder. If you have multiple users, try to re-create them in the
same order or you may get permission issues.
With regards to copying your live DVD, you should be able to if you
insert it _after_ booting, when you have a running system that doesn't
depend on it. If you get any form of autorun then, you can simply
cancel/close/etc it and copy the disc.
Vinu
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