Time for a “Clean” install!
Ok, I’m taking the plunge now, after using the Beta feisty for about a few weeks successfully, I’ve just downloaded the latest official Live CD from Ubuntu.com and am about to blow my system away. Before I do here’s a quick “lesson” for you newbies:
NEVER do this unless you have either backed up your system entirely or have seperate partitions and don’t format the one with your stuff on it! What I did is create three partitions on my 160GB drive. The first is a 30Gig for the System itself. The second is a 1Gig for Swap. The third is a 120Gig partition that I assign to /home.
Now, when I do a “blow away” clean install of linux I make sure that after booting into the live CD I delete all my settings in my home directory EXCEPT for my firefox and thunderbird, since these contain my favorites and email. The other hidden directories, those with a “.” in front of the name, I usually delete all of them. Unless, of course, there’s some type of file in them that is necessary later. This ensures a clean install. And I never, of course, format the home partition. Just the swap and root (30gig) partition get formatted.
Ok, it’s off to the install process!
Wish me luck!
I’m wondering if i’m gonna have the same outcome as i had (success) if i did a clean install. The upgrade happened flawlessly.
Well, if your system is similar or the same as mine, you should! Let me know if you do or not. BTW I suggest partitioning your home folder separately so you can reinstall as much as you like without worry of losing your data.