I think you under-estimate those who have been using *buntu for a while. They're more canny than a lot give credit to. For example we have a fairly n00b who just came onto IRC questioning why the upgrade wanted to install 2-zillion packages.... Good old https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop#PrecisePangolin.2BAC8-ReleaseNotes.2BAC8-CommonInfrastructure-1.Upgrades I wonder how many bork'ed installs are due to this?
Regards, Phill. On 30 April 2012 18:49, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 30 April 2012 14:04, Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > I'd love to see how you re-install without touching /home if it is NOT a > > seperate partition which is the whole point of that link? > > The link is out of date. Since a couple of releases ago if you select > the Something Else option at the start of the install and then select > to install to the same partition as an existing Ubuntu but do /not/ > specify that the partition should be formatted then it will replace > all the system files but leave /home as it is. Effectively the same > as if /home were on a separate partition. > > > Secondly, taking a > > backup oh your /home partition once you have it is 'walk in the park'. > > That link does not even address that issue. > > > Thirdly, it is at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntuWhich > > states a couple of times about backing up. "If you do not back up your > > important data, your data is not important to you". A a noob back in > 9.04, I > > followed it with no problems - I just followed the instrcutions carefully > > (it was hosted on Psychocats back then). > > The link says that setting up the partition in the first place is > "beyond the scope of this page" and links to a set of pages that the > vast majority of non-geek users would be completely baffled by. Most > of them probably don't even know what a partition is. > > Colin > > > > > Regards, > > > > Phill. > > > > On 30 April 2012 18:17, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 30 April 2012 13:32, Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > >> > I think that the passage > >> > > >> >> When upgrading from a previous release, it is always a good idea to > >> >> [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving | move > >> >> /home]], > >> >> it gives additional safe guards for your own data. In any case, > taking > >> >> a > >> >> backup is recommended. > >> > > >> > > >> > Should be, placed everywhere that a user can upgrade from. > >> > >> Why does that give additional safeguards for the data? If a failed > >> upgrade corrupts the home directory then it will do so whether it is > >> on a separate partition or not. Also if an upgrade fails then a > >> re-install can be performed keeping existing /home even if it is not > >> in a separate partition (by telling the installer not to format the > >> partition). > >> > >> Finally no inexperienced user is going to be able to follow those > >> instructions. He is more likely to lose his data trying to move it to > >> separate partition than he is doing an upgrade. > >> > >> Where does that passage come from? > >> > >> Colin > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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