Things not to do when upgrading

[Aron Smith]

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:42:16 -0700
Donn <dlshumway at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not that this would have helped in your situation, but I understand
> that 2006 RC2 has a vastly improved upgrade process from previous
> versions. In the past, I have been so paranoid of their upgrade
> process that (after the first failed attempt) I never do an upgrade,
> instead opting for a full reinstall. This is fairly simple with Linux
> if your organized (I have had to force myself to be).
> 
> Sorry about your lost files.
No prob lots of them had been burned to DVD 
gonna be a PITA  to sort them out tho
> 
> On 9/17/05, Aron Smith <aronsmith1 at cox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
> > Kenneth <madhse at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > What was worse I lost about 20 Gb of mp3 s and about 2000 photos :-(
> > >
> > > --- Aron Smith <aronsmith1 at cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just upgraded my system to Mandriva LE 2006 RC1
> > > > being cautious I first backed up my home directory
> > > > to a USB hard
> > > > drive ..so far so good.
> > > > then I did a full install so far so good..
> > > > then I realized that I reformatted the external
> > > > drive too
> > > > Oops I forgot to unplug the external drive
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Donn
> "Sarcasm is the safe alternative to expressing anger."
> --Richard North Patterson