Vincent wrote: > Well, making the backup is not the problem, it's just that I don't have > an external harddrive, nor a CD or DVD burner, so I'd have to upload it > somewhere. > > On 9/21/06, * Foxy* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Vincent wrote: > > Hmm.. OK, I might just do that, just need to find a place to > backup my > > files to (and find out how to re-use my home partition). > > > > Thanks! > > > > On 9/21/06, *Harold Aling * < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > wrote: > > > > Vincent wrote: > > > Yes, but my problem is: I don't know which packages I > installed from > > > alternative repositories. > > > > I upgraded my Dapper to Edgy yesterday and I now have ~200 > > packages that > > want to be uninstalled, including lots of system libraries. I > > hosed half > > of my system before noticing it... > > > > So if I'd were you, I'd backup your self-modified /etc files > and your > > /home/<username> and go for a fresh install! > > > > Although I had some problems with the installer of Knot 3... > > * Unable to select "no localization", so I selected "English" > > * Partitioner doesn't start 99% of the time > > * Random hangs when clicking forward so I've started then > installer > > dozens of times... > > > > When you do get edgy running, things are much smoother... > > > > -H- > > > > > > -- > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Vincent > there was a HOWTO about backing up a home directory. Frankly speaking > you can just tar gzip it and burn on the dvd. Also it is a good idea to > back up any customised files from you /etc and maybe you sources.list to > keep track of unofficial repos you use. Once you've done it you may > start installing Edgy. When you reach partitioning part do not reformat > you home partition and assign it to /home. Reformat your root partition > and that's it. If anything goes wrong you still have a backup of you > home directory. > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel> > > > > > -- > Vincent > is your /home dir big? You can use USD stick for example if it is not very big.
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