[wellylug] Backup Files - Ubuntu

[Geraint M. Jones]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz [mailto:wellylug-
> bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Daniel Pittman
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 September 2006 3:42 p.m.
> To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Backup Files - Ubuntu
> 
> "Geraint M. Jones" <G.Jones at french-maid.co.nz> writes:
> > From: Arands  Wellington
> >
> >>Can anyone suggest which files should be backed-up to prepare for a
> fresh
> >> install of Ubuntu Dapper from an existing Ubuntu Hoary system?  I
> >> >have backed-up all the files in the Home Folder (i.e. /home/user),
> >> as well as the / etc and /usr/local directories.
> >
> > Why are you doing a fresh install ?
> 
> Even if you are simply upgrading, backups of important files are
> sensible.  The last thing you want is to lose everything if you
> accidentally hit the wrong button -- or a bug in the installer.
> 
> Which, by the way, actually happened in some of the 6.06 LiveCD
install
> testing, and some people were quite upset when their partition table
> got
> eaten...
> 

I am not suggesting not to backup, but backup & restore is a long
process to follow for what I see as an inplace upgrade. Plus it is best
practise to have /home on a separate partition - and this is one of the
reasons 



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