12 Nov
2020
12 Nov
'20
1:09 a.m.
On Wednesday 11 November 2020 06:36:13 pm E. Liddell wrote:
You were probably just installing overtop the same
partition without
clearing out the old files, so settings would have persisted (it's the only
way I can think of that what you describe could have happened, anyway).
I think I hit this same type of thing last weekend, but I’m not 100% sure.
I did a:
- Live USB > Install > Auto use entire disk, no encryption
- Specifically not checking ‘preserve /home’
Did some testing, and I’m pretty sure I saved one file [fileA] in
~User/Documents. I needed to check something else, so I again did:
- Live USB > Install > Auto use entire disk, no encryption
- Specifically not checking ‘preserve /home’
Did some testing, and saved some files in ~User/Documents. AFAICT [fileA] was
still in ~User/Documents.
To be 100% sure I’d have to redo two full installs (but I don’t see that
happening).
Best,
Michael