Will installing Fedora over my ubuntu partition erase all of my files?
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You can keep an existing /home partition (if you have one).
If Ubuntu had/has only root (and swap) partitions, it will. If however, Ubuntu had/has a separate partition mounting to /home, you need not lose any personal data simply by replacing Ubuntu with Fedora. That doesn't mean you shouldn't back up whatever personal data matters to you prior to the replacement.
It will if you elect to format on install. But you can install without formatting. But only God knows what unholy abomination you may create. A seperate /home partition is recommended if you want to keep data when switching distros.
I have a separate /home partition and when I want to change distros, I move all my .(dot) files from home to a backup location, install the new distro (without formatting /home, of course) and am on my way. This has worked for me for a number of years now
Will installing Fedora over my ubuntu partition erase all of my files?
Yes.
You talk of partition. If your home /home folder lies in this partition it will be "Deleted -- Reformatted -- Installed on New" as usually do all automated installing DVD/CDs.
this is a little lesson on spiting typo should have been >splitting< ones system between / and /home so one does not have to worry about this. When one then needs to install a system it will only wipe the / (root) side where it lives and leave the /home side alone.
this is a little lesson on spiting ones system between / and /home so one does not have to worry about this. When one then needs to install a system it will only wipe the / (root) side where it lives and leave the /home side alone.
Sire... is it "spiting" or "splitting" ? Your post offers them a very important rule to put in practice to which newbies must learn to apply to themselves.
Thanks for speaking out what my post did not care to say for the good of the newbies.
Sire... is it "spiting" or "splitting" ? Your post offers them a very important rule to put in practice to which newbies must learn to apply to themselves.
Thanks for speaking out what my post did not care to say for the good of the newbies.
which seems to be more logical to you in that sentence?
how do you think I over come peoples english in here? I use my brain to try and decipher what they are saying applying logic and reasoning to try and help me over come typos and such.
throw a rock why don't you?
Just because one is type cast as a newbie does not necessarily mean that they are complete idiots (ignorant human beings without the capability to think using logic and reasoning).
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