[olug] To re-install or NOT reinstall?

[Bill Eberly]

In the future you also should consider mounting your home directory on
its own partition. That way if you ever do have to completely
reinstall all your data will still be there. This is also nice if you
switch distros all the time like I do, so you don't constantly have to
restore from backups.

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:25:16 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [olug] To re-install or NOT reinstall?
> I've done many Linux reinstalls, simply telling the
> installer not to format.  This usually brings back any
> functionality I lost (typically the ID10T error,
> rather than an O/S issue...).
>
> --- Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Running Kubuntu 6.06...can't access cd drives
> > successfully...OR external media (hard drives via
> > USB).
> >
> > If I re-install the OS from the CD...can I somehow
> > transfer or save my current information on the new
> > OS?
> >
> > If I go that route....should I have the drives
> > hooked
> > in and "ON" when re-installing?
> >
> >
> >
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