[SLL] Help! Blew away partition table

[Glenn Stone]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 01:47:35PM -0800, Tim Maher wrote:
>For some reason, I'm always willing to think "Maybe an automatic OS
>upgrade will actually work this time", but it never has. Anyway, I'll
>never try one again.

Sounds like a switch to Debian or Ubuntu is in order.

Let's see, I've done Woody to Sarge, Woody to Breezy, Breezy to Dapper, and
Sarge to Dapper, without too much trouble.  Maybe a few minor issues along
the way, but it never ever scribbled on my partition table.  

But, yeah, that's where I learned about making /home a separate partition,
wherein I could back up /etc, then nuke'n'pave the root partition across an
RPMish upgrade.  Not that I don't still do it in Deb or Ubuntu; it's just
good practice... but rarely is apt-get upgrade to be feared.  (Although
Dapper to Edgy is one I *do* fear; I'd rather wait for Feisty to clear the X
server borkage... but on the gripping hand I don't *really* have to upgrade
Dapper until 2009, so... :)

-- Glenn