Hello Only partially related to the subject... How do you set a separate partition for /home in Ubuntu? It doesn't seem to give the choice in the installation process. I suppose I'd have to create the partition manually after a clean install. Thanks in advance if you can help Farran
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 11:42 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > Hi, > > Firstly, I always have /home as a seperate partition. This preserves > my files and per-user settings. > > As for installed software, there is a way to save what packages are > currently installed. After installing the new Ubuntu, you can have it > reinstall the packages automatically. This said however, I always make > the list but I have never used it. There is something I like about a > fresh start :-) > > In Terminal: > dpkg --get-selections > filename > dpkg --set-selections < filename > ...to save and restore package states respectively. > > Hope this helps, > Matthew > > On 03/09/07, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I often read users saying when a new or new stable version is released > > they do a fresh install and then re-install all their configs and > > programs and other goodies. > > So... > > If I want to do a fresh install as above to end up with almost a clone > > of my present system running on a new version of Ubuntu (or just a clean > > one ) how can I get all my settings and all my programs etc without > > doing it all manually - one program at a time ?? How do the exp people > > do it? > > Eddie > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > >
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