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On Sunday 24 June 2007 08:48, john.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Posted by "John Hansen" <john.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I was upgrading from Kubuntu 6.06 to 6.10 yesterday. All went well until > the last stage when an error message appeared. Subsequently I was unable to > get beyond the loading of the Ubuntu kernel and then the screen went black. > I suppose the best is to erase the HDD and do a clean installation of > either 6.06 or 7.04 as I have CDs for both these versions. The problem is > that I am not sure how to erase the HDD so perhaps a kind soul will advise > me. There is no other OS on the HDD. > > > Thanks in advance. > > John > -- As Tom says, the installer will do the formatting for you and delete the contents of the drive unless you tell it otherwise. That is the easiest way forward if you have nothing you need to salvage. If you do need to rescue data then using a live CD is the best option and mounting the hard drive from there. How much data would be recoverable is hard to say - but, if you are lucky it may be there. I never ever upgrade from one version to the next - whatever is claimed about the reliability of doing so. I back up my personal data in the home directory and install the new version freshly - then put the backed up data back. That way you are guaranteed to be OK. Even when an upgrade works, I find there are often orphaned packages and so on which clutter up the system for ages until I track them down and delete. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html