Re: Preserving home partition on install?

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On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 16:24 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Les Howell wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > */Manuel Aróstegui <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >     On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 11:00 -0400, Mr.John wrote:
> >      > Hello,
> >      > I am currently running fedora, but want to reinstall from a live
> >      > image. I have /home set up as a second ext3 partition. My question is
> >      > will I be able to install fresh into / and keep my data on /home? I
> >      > would like to continue using my user directory after the update if
> >      > that is possible. Are there any important considerations, like not
> >      > re-using the previous user name? I just don't want to find out too
> >      > late that the installer blanks /home!
> >      >
> >      > Thanks,
> >      > John
> >      >
> > 
> >     During the install process you can specify what /home partition to use,
> >     and whether you want to format it or not.
> > 
> >     Manuel.
> > 
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> > I just installed F8, but didn't see that as an option, as a result I had 
> > to reload the full home.  It took quite a while.  If that option is 
> > available, it is not clear from the screens.
> 
> As someone else already said, you have to select the "custom disk
> layout" option, specify which partition was /home and tell the system
> to NOT format it.
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That I saw.  It would be nice if the screen also mentioned that that was
how to accomplish the non-formatting install.  There is plenty of room
on the screen for the added comment.

Regards,
Les H

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