On 21/12/06, David Pashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 20, 2006 at 23:34, Llywelyn Owen praised the llamas by saying: > > From what I've read about upgrading Ubuntu to the next release it seems best > > (more reliable and faster) to do a clean install. From this "reading between > > the posts" about upgrading Ubuntu, isn't it time to have a unified one click > > procedure of data backup from the currently installed version of Ubuntu that > > can be restored without hassle in any new version? By data I mean user > > created files, settings, and preferences, email settings etc. I understand > > that this would mean a certain amount of discipline from application > > developers but if applications are drawn from official repositories this > > could be a prerequisite. OK, maybe a pie in the sky idea but an useful one > > stop in house backup procedure is surely overdue and would be a major > > selling point for (Ubuntu or indeed any distro). Dare I suggest that any > > Linux backup of this nature would be transportable to other distros as well? > > > > Desktop graphics libraries, interfaces, and a whole host of other bits and > > pieces are being standardized so it can't be beyond the whit of the > > community come up with a solution to this regular problem - can it? > > Yes, it was solved many many years ago. Store /home on a separate > partition and all will be well. >
David, I think Llywelyn was including changes in /etc as well as /home. So your solution isn't sufficient. I also found that storing /home on a separate partition isn't sufficient: I don't have access to the list of packages that were previously installed, since that's in /var/lib/dpkg. I also don't have the program I installed from source into /usr/local... It's a good job I tarred the / partition up before nuking it! Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
