> So, what is the best way to do a reinstall of Gutsy considering the fact
> that the net install is no longer an option in Update Manager or via
> doing a "do-release-upgrade" in the command line? I obviously do not
> want to reformat my drive and start over again.
>
> Is there anyway to force a net reinstall? Should I try the alternate CD?
This isn't really the horrible problem that it seems right now. These
sorts of things happen and it is typically straight-forward to resume.
You are right. You have a partial install. However all the initial
upgrade processes were run, so you should be able to complete the
install, just like any other interrupted installation.
There may be some caveats. When this happened to me for a previous upgrade
the init->upstart migration didn't quite work. Your best bet is to check
the docs to see if there are any potential issues. In most cases, though
it just picks up where it left off and keeps on running. (When this happened
to me with the Gutsy Beta, it picked up just fine, so I wouldn't expect
problems.)
This is to say, use standard packaging tools. Synaptic, Aptitude, or
whatever you're familiar with. If the package management system is
left in the middle, you may be asked to run 'dpkg --configure -a'
or something to straighten the system out before normal package
installation can resume. (The package management system should inform
you of what you need to do.)
Cheers,
Steven Black
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