Ya, I already have a seperate /home partition. So If I were to just wipe out my other partitions, and create new ones with the MDK installer, and do a full install, will it leave my /home partition alone? I just don't want to see that formatting all partitions window :-).
Jesse Quoting S�bastien Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That could work, except for the fact that, and I quote "No, I do > have a separate /home partition." ;-) Problem solved! > > > Dan Graham a �crit: > > Hi Jesse, > > > > 1. Delete all but your /home dir. > > 2. Resize what is left with Mandrake's partition resizing tool (hacked > > parted) > > 3. Name this /home > > 4. Create the rest of your partitions as per. > > 5. Do a full install as required. > > > > I just did this with RC3 9.0 for my buddy Howard who had a ton of stuff > > on one big / partiton. > > No problem. > > > > Cya, Dan > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: S�bastien Taylor > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 9/25/02 7:04 PM > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) 9 dot o > > > > Oh, good, that's easy, you just tell it what partition you want to use > > as home, and then turn off the format option. Not sure _exactly_ how > > to do that, I don't use Mandrake, but pretty much every installer let's > > you do that. The option might also be called "Mount previously > > formated partition" something like that is what you want...it should be > > pretty obvious. > > > > Make sure you still back up what you can't afford to loose!! > > > > > > Le Mercredi, 25 sept 2002, � 18:20 Canada/Mountain, Jesse Kline a �crit > > : > > > > > No, I do have a separate /home partition. What I want to do is > > > reinstall > > > the system (on the root partition) without touching my /home partition > > > (which does exist). I'm sure that I read somewhere that you can do > > this > > > with Mandrake, I'm just wondering how? > > > > > > Jesse > > > > > > On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 18:18, S�bastien Taylor wrote: > > >> You mean you didn't put your /home on it's own partition?? Shame on > > >> you > > >> ;-) If you didn't you should back it up and do it this time, or else > > >> you can just delete everything else then install on the sorta-clean > > >> drive. Or, finally, you could just try to upgrade... > > >> > > >> > > >> Le Mercredi, 25 sept 2002, � 18:00 Canada/Mountain, Jesse Kline a > > >> �crit > > >> : > > >> > > >>> I really want to have the latest and greatest, but I'm trying to > > >>> figure > > >>> out the best way to go about this. I know that upgrades are not > > >>> always > > >>> the best solution, but I have large video files on my /home > > partition > > >>> that aren't economical to backup on CD. Is there a way to get > > >>> Mandrake > > >>> to install over the / partition without touching my /home partition? > > > > >>> Or > > >>> is there a way to do a Debian-style upgrade using urpmi? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> > > >>> Jesse > > >>> > > >>> On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 16:32, Dan Graham wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi all, > > >>>> > > >>>> The new Mandrake 9.0 "Dolphin" has been released. > > >>>> > > >>>> cya > > >>> > > >>> <signature.asc> > > > > > > <signature.asc> > > > > > >
