On 6/27/05, Thomas Taylor <linxt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 27 June 2005 15:31, Todd Cary wrote: > > Bruce - > > > > Thank you for the response. I guess this is to be expected since Fedora > > is a test environment, but after getting a box all set up and purring, > > it is not my idea of a fun activity to have to reconfigure a box from > > scratch again. > > > > Todd > > > > Hi Todd: > You don't need to lose any settings when doing a fresh install. If you use > separate partitions for /home and /root, then DON'T format them during the > install, all your settings will be preserved. That depends on how you define "settings." Haven't you heard of /etc? /usr/local? /usr/opt? (I'm sure you just forgot.) Tim
