Le Jeu 25 avril 2013 12:54, Dan a écrit : > Hi, > > > As I explained in a previous email I had an issue with the ATI driver > and squeeze and I decided to wipe squeeze and install wheezy. Luckily the > home partition is separated from the rest. > > Which would be the best way to proceed? > > > I was going to do the following: > > > - Backup home and the files from /etc passwd, group, shadow and gshadow
As other have said, I do not think keeping files from passwd, group, shadow and gshadow is a good idea. > - Install wheezy (I think it is possible to wipe the partition during > the installation) - Remove the home directory Simply keep the home dir and specify the installer that you will want it mounted as your /home. If possible, remove configuration files (but keep a backup for next steps) before reinstalling. > - Mount the old home partition using fstab (using also blkid in order > to use the UUID) - merge the old passwd, group, shadow and gshadow with the > new files found in /etc I have to idea about why you are bothering with UUIDs here: simply say to installer you want to use your current home partition as /home and that you do not want to format it, and you'll be done. For stuff in /etc and ~/, I think the best is to compare the version you will have backed up to current ones. Some tools you can use: _ diff for command-line. I do not think this is really the best one honestly, because you will see differences, but syncing files to something coherent is boring with the combination of diff and a text editor. _ meld if you use a gtk-based desktop (it also works on other, but maybe KDE have a better tool for that). This one is the one I use when I need to merge source code files: it's GUI is comfortable to use, and will allow you to send to destination only differences you want quite easily. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2e38b7bff4e801ce64b55517b744ca4b.squir...@www.sud-ouest.org
