Hi Rob, The alternate installer you can specify where you put your /home, i have not used the live cd for a while so I am not sure. Even if it does not detect that partition it can be added later.
One thing I would suggest is to record the list of programs you have running and install them on the new install, do this by running: dpkg --get-selections > /home/user/packages Once you have reinstalled ubuntu run: dpkg --set-selections < /home/user/packages This will mark them all for selection and just run aptitude to install the same set of applications that you had before. One program I would install once you have finished reinstalling is etckeeper. etckeeper is a tool that automatically stores changes to your /etc config files in version control such as bzr in case you mess up a config for a program. On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 18:18 +1000, Rob Farquhar wrote: > Cary, Lisa, thank you both for your advice! I'll give it a whirl this > weekend and let you know how I do. > > Do I need to do anything during the reformat/reinstall to tell Ubuntu to > recognise my existing /home partition as the location of /home, or will > it figure it out itself? > > ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > From: > > Cary Bielenberg <c...@bielenberg.id.au> > > Date: > > Wed, 20 May 2009 19:11:08 +1000 > > > > Rob, > > I believe that the official line is that you can't upgrade from Hardy -> > > Jaunty but I have done it 7 times so far with no ill effects. Admittedly > > all my installs have been Kubuntu & the only problem is the kde3 to 4 > > upgrade & deleting the .kde directory in the users home folder fixes > > this. If your using Gnome I really can't see any problems. > > > > > > Cary > > > From: > > Lisa Milne <l...@ltmnet.com> > > Date: > > Wed, 20 May 2009 19:12:39 +1000 > > > > Not at all, I've done that numerous times when swapping distro's, you > > don't even need to delete anything, just jump straight into the install > > and let it reformat the partition (and make sure it's not formatting > > the /home partition!). > > > > Lisa > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
