Re: Upgrading to Jessie
On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:54:49 +0400
Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:51:30 +0300
> softwatt <softwatt@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > Can Jessie keep my home partition intact and just overwrite the
> > other partition?
>
> Current Debian installer can be persuaded to do so, sure. You can do
> even better - co-install Jessie with the current Wheezy just in case
> something will go wrong with a new install.
>
> Reco
That has some disadvantages. Unfortunately, $HOME is used both for data
you generate, and config the computer generates. The former shouldn't
be touched, the latter should. Also, it's amazing how much garbage is
accumulated in the /home/you tree.
So what I do is back up $HOME, do a fresh install for a clean, empty
new $HOME, and as I find needed files in the old home directory, I put
them in my new $HOME. If, after 6 months, I haven't needed a file, it's
unnecessary, and I re-use the backup disk space.
By the way, for Steve-Litt-created data I really need, I make sure to
put it in either the /d (stands for data) or /s (stands for Steve) tree
on this one user desktop computer. That way, there's no possibility of
mixing computer generated stuff with me generated data.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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