-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 11:01 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: >> Should have broadband again today, so going to download an ISO and >> endeavour to fix my broken Jaunty. >> >> Now, a week or so ago somebody said to me that to preserve my data I >> simply asked it not to format the partition, which would leave /home >> intact. >> >> Two questions :- >> >> a. are there any potential side-effects to this (eg. files left from >> the corrupt version that interfere with the new one)? >> b. should I set up the default username as something different to the >> original (ie. if I use the same username could it decide to delete and >> recreate the user, thus blanking the home directory)? >> > > Hi Shaun, > > As with anything it'll be best to back up anything important first > (always always do this, never trust ANYTHING completley). > > a) You may have one or two artifacts left over from the old install, but > you will be able to fix this fairly easily as each one is identified. > > b) Use the same user, it'll be fine. > > Remember, BACKUPS! > > -Matt Daubney > > regarding point B, if you create a new users then won't this cause permission issues, as say old system has
/home/paul and the new install has /home/paul2 the files will still belong to paul, and will need to have ownership changed (chown) and (chgrp) so you can read as the new user. Just a thought, but this is something to perhaps consider, comments welcome in case I have perhaps mis understood something. I have my files on a different partition which makes sense, but you also make a good point regarding back ups. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet :Saturday ** June 6th ** : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoT+bkACgkQaggq1k2FJq3UYQCcD6rGWCWsYd4O4YRsWC8vt/tP L9IAni3OEGAWAqAa97/UqLoae0ma50Od =Jkgf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
