I would not recommend mounting it on /home/user, try / instead. Too many programs will ask if you want your user directory deleted and there goes your data if you answer yes. Yes, this is a lesson learned for me. Norm On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 08:47, John L. Pierce wrote: > Someone should also direct this user to setup separate partitions on the > physical disc(s) so that in the future preserving user data will be much > easier. > > Then when doing a new install the user can just omit formatting the > /home, /etc and other necessary directories. > >