Tim: > You haven't said whether that's a seperate partition or part of the > root. If it's a separate one, then you've got a fighting chance of > keeping it if you're careful. And it's even easier if /usr/local/ is > its own partition than being part of /usr/. M.K: > I think all in one partition Then the only way to keep it during a re-install is to re-install in a way that does NOT format your root partition. I don't think you can do this. NB: Don't top post on this list, we don't read upside down. Keep the messages in a logical, coherent, order (first quotes *then* responses imediately after the portions you're responding to), and snip the extraneous material. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.