From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.74] helo=ylpvm43.prodigy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DTqVc-0003V8-00 for ; Thu, 05 May 2005 20:16:00 -0400 Received: from pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (pimout6-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.22]) by ylpvm43.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j460G3YJ029946 for ; Thu, 5 May 2005 20:16:03 -0400 X-ORBL: [69.234.201.25] Received: from jim (adsl-69-234-201-25.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [69.234.201.25]) by pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10 milter /8.12.10) with ESMTP id j460Fnoh147032; Thu, 5 May 2005 20:15:58 -0400 From: "jim grimsby" To: "'Glenn at home'" , "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 17:16:54 -0700 Message-ID: <000801c551d0$ec30b670$220110ac@jim> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: <02ea01c551cd$70281df0$6a00a8c0@desktop> Importance: Normal Subject: RE: re-installing Debian X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 00:16:00 -0000 Hi, before you do that reinstall then I hardily advice you to backup your home directory. =20 Hth=20 -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Glenn at home Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:52 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: re-installing Debian I chose the default partition setup when I installed Debian. But I am sure it is on the same partition, because I just do cd /home from / and I am in home. Glenn ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Janina Sajka" To: "Glenn at home" ; "Speakup is a screen review=20 system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: Re: re-installing Debian It depends, Glenn, on where your /home is. In the Fedora installation HOWTO we recommend creating a separate partition for /home exactly for this reason. So, if you've done that, you simply don't reformat /home. If, on the other hand, /home is simply a directory under / (or some other system related partition), the answer is "no." Glenn at home writes: > First of all, I wanted to mention here that I was going through some=20 > of > the > messages I have saved since I first installed Debian, and it is wonderful > how I have gotten so much help from this list, even though it seems that I > still have a lot to learn. > > I have been trying to fix my broken Debian since I really messed it up > with > a failed attempt at upgrading. > I did: > apt-get dist-upgrade > and now I get a kernel panic: attempt to kill init > and above that it reads: > modprobe error invalid line 237 in init.conf > or something like that. > And I have looked at line 237, and even tried remming it out, with # and=20 > it > still does not work. > > I know someone who was going to try and log on with SSH, but he cannot > get through my router. So it seems that that option is out. > > So I was wondering if I can just re-install Debian without losing my=20 > files in /home/ftp/etc/pub? Thanks for any ideas. > Glenn > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca=20 > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup --=20 Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup=20 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup