On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 08:29 -0400, Sam Folk-Williams wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 04:29:55PM -1000, Edward Haddock wrote: > > Aloha, > > Pardon the newbie excitement but I have successfully mapped a > > half-height external USB Hard Drive as my /home and after copying /home > > in FC4 to it then booting into FC5 and mapping /home to it...presto > > bango...I am now running FC5 no worries. I did lose a few things in the > > Edward, > > What you did here is super cool and helpful, but do keep in ming that caviat > that USB hard drives (and thumbdrives) are prone to data corruption and you > should definitely keep a copy on your internal drive as well (or some other > backup). I'm not sure about the state of USB drivers in FC5, but previously > there have been issues with usb disks failing at a higher rate than internal > disks. > > Sam Aloha Sam, Thanks for the heads up on that. I will definitely keep a backup as I always do. Data Integrity is pretty important to me. I have already considered the internal drive and will likely do that when I get the Windows XP partition re-sized. I rarely use it but there are times when only windows will do. After that, the rest of the internal drive will be nothing but /home and maybe /opt. Not sure yet still planning. :) Of course with Linux, that is half the fun isn't it? Mahalo, Edward > > > transfer but not much. Which is quite an accomplishment for a newbie > > like myself. Matter of fact, on a back burner, I may start writing about > > this. I think that given the popularity I am seeing it may be wise to > > tell people about this kind of thing so that upgrades go easier. Plus it > > puts your data on a different partition. Anyone got any advice on what > > else should be separated like that? > > Mahalo, > > Edward > > > > > -- > > > > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list >
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