[Techtalk] Corrupted Mouse Driver

Carla Schroder carla at bratgrrl.com
Mon Jun 8 20:35:10 UTC 2009


On Monday June 8 2009 01:19:04 pm Michael Fisher wrote:
> I tried the various 'fixes' on the launchpad link you sent me with no luck.
> Thank you for them.
> I am now considering the *nuclear *option.
>
> If I booted up using the Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD and then opted for the install
> option, will it fdisk my hard drive thereby removing all data (which I can
> live with as most of my important stuff is on various file servers)? Or
> will it see the installation and just add on and/or replace what is already
> there? Or at the very least, keep my /home directories?

If your /home is on a separate partition you can preserve it. If it's on the 
same partition as your root filesystem then a new installation will 
overwrite.

One more thing-- did you try the --reinstall option? Like sudo apt-get 
install --reinstall foo? 

Grasping at straws here... :)

Carla

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