On 06/07/2015 04:52 PM, g wrote: > > > On 06/07/2015 05:29 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> On 06/07/2015 03:25 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > <<<>>> > >>> Yes it does replace your home directory. When I do a fresh >>> install, I back up my home directory on a usb drive and then copy >>> it back after the install. I think you can also 'muck' with the >>> partitioning, but I have always taken a more conservative route. >>> >>> Good Luck!!! >>> >>> Greg >> >> Thanks for the quick response! I don't like it but thank you! :) > . > then you should give some thought to creating a partition for /home. > > such gives you ability to mount the partition as /home and not have > to worry about losing, backing up /home. > > that is, you should keep /home backed up, but with it as it's own > partition, you do not have to restore /home into a new install. > > like that better? :-) > > Maybe some more information about my setup would help. My situation is I have 7 separate Linux partitions and a swap area. One of the partitions is /home, so it's already in its own partition. I want to keep the partitions for CentOS exactly as I have them in terms of size, etc. In the past, even when I've done a "clean" Linux install, the existing system partitions were cleared and repopulated, and the existing /home was not touched in any way. So, I'm not sure how to interpret what you said. Can I get the same results from a CentOS install using some combination of options? -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "We can all sleep easy at night knowing that somewhere at any given time, the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo." -- David Letterman _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos