Les Howell wrote:
*/Manuel Aróstegui <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 11:00 -0400, Mr.John wrote: > Hello, > I am currently running fedora, but want to reinstall from a live > image. I have /home set up as a second ext3 partition. My question is > will I be able to install fresh into / and keep my data on /home? I > would like to continue using my user directory after the update if > that is possible. Are there any important considerations, like not > re-using the previous user name? I just don't want to find out too > late that the installer blanks /home! > > Thanks, > John > During the install process you can specify what /home partition to use, and whether you want to format it or not. Manuel.-- fedora-list mailing listfedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-listI just installed F8, but didn't see that as an option, as a result I had to reload the full home. It took quite a while. If that option is available, it is not clear from the screens.
As someone else already said, you have to select the "custom disk layout" option, specify which partition was /home and tell the system to NOT format it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer rps2@xxxxxxxx - - Hosting Consulting, Inc. - - - - UNIX is actually quite user friendly. The problem is that it's - - just very picky of who its friends are! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
