Re: [PLUG] Problem w/upgrade from Ubuntu 11.04 -> 11.10

["Eric at Lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org>]

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Adam:

Ah, first: start the system with a live CD and copy your home directory to an external drive or network share.
That is, if you don't already have such a backup.

Then, proceed with a re-install from scratch.

I always do a fresh install on a new hard drive when I'm upgrading my main workstation. [1]

Good luck.
Eric

[Note 1]: I *did* upgrade my laptop from Lucid to Maverick without any problems - but I had a backup.

On 10/16/2011 04:33 PM, Adam Zion wrote:
> OK, I *thought* I was clever when I did a ps -aef|grep dropbox, killed
> the hung dropbox process, then allowed the upgrade to continue. I
> wasn't. The computer's a boat anchor, + I have to rebuild it.
> 
> I *hope* that I can reinstall Ubuntu w/o destroying my home directory.
> Please tell me that I can do that...
> 
> -Z
> 

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