Re: Reinstall FC8

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ramachandranc1@xxxxxxx:
>> No.I don't have a separate partition for home.

Ed Greshko:
> You have several alternatives.  The easiest would be to backup your home 
> directory to an external disk.  If that is not possible, you'd probably we 
> best served by rearranging your disk to provide /home with its own partition 
> prior to doing a reinstall.

An alternative is:  Before commencing re-installing, "rm" all the files
and directories *other* than /home, then continue installing.

You can do that by booting from a rescue disc, or booting from the
installation disc, but swapping terminals when it pauses for you to make
some decisions before starting the actual install.

-- 
(This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's
 important to the thread.)

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