Great Guide, I can only add my own experiences.
1) Separate Home Partition - This should be MANDATORY .... Safe guarding data , simplicity etc.
- Notes on this
a) Do select you home partition at INSTILLATION as you default /home partition.
b) DON'T select it to be formatted. (yes done that)
c) Separate partition for operating system, select / as root for that partition.
d) Pyscho cat has a selection of EXCELLENT tutorials on
i) Creating a separate home partition UPON instillation.
ii) Creating a separate home partition AFTER installation.
iii) Various other tutorials of other topics.
2) Try to figure out why, what, where who when has gone wrong, don't
and issue ultimatums of leaving Ubuntu to go back to windooze !!!!!1 (I say good riddance).
3) Search this forum and Internet search. ( I've found some solutions while searching other's), processor.nocst=1
for P4 processor systems on linux 3.0.0-12 -> 17 solves the kernel panic issue and allows use of dual core processors.
4) Remember the software is free, the only cost is your time and effort (oh hardware if your too foolish, not yet but trying).
5) Try put back at least twice what you take out, if you find a solution to a hardware issue (HP laserjet 1300, use Guetenburg print setting, 4th on list) is an example of what I've found out playing with settings on my own. Cost 10 pages printed and 1 hr of time.
Foolish thing I've done ;
1) Creating a new user Name, and complain that Firefox loses bookmarks, installed programs are missing etc, even though using same separate home partition. IPEX-...doesn't equal ipex-... or brian for that matter.
2) formatting separate home partition, (Brain explosion that day)
3) Used usb 2.0 Connection for upgrade (OMF'n!!!! its sooo slow.....compared to CD)
4) Deleted ALL kernels and wondered why it wont' boot
5) Posted my errors here for all to SEEE!!!!!!
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