-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I use a handy program called unison to keep important files in sync and backed up.
Of course I do not particularly care about my /home partition as much of the stuff is useless when switching distros anyway. I only care about one directory that I store my docs/important files in. As for resizing reiserfs, I use parted from the command line for most of my drive partitioning needs. The drive cannot be mounted while you are working on it, so this should be done from, say a knoppix cd. Shawn wrote: > When I'm building a personal workstation (versus a server), I usually > create /home on a separate partition specifically for this reason. To backup > all my data then, I can focus on the /home partition. I can also install a > new system, as long as I specify the partition to use for /home, and not > format it. > > As for your repartitioning, if you have the spare drive space, this could be > an easy fix. If you don't have the drive space, you'll need to resize > partitions, which usually works (so I'm told), but I would still be prepared > to loose the partition. (i.e. backup anything important first). > > Good luck with it... :) (been there toooooo many times myself...) > > Shawn > > > On Monday 09 January 2006 14:15, Mike Bougie wrote: > >>Ok folks, I'm fed up. Ubuntu is fun. Gnome blows. I want to switch to KDE. >> >>The last time I did an "apt-get install kde-desktop" there were >>remnants of the old republic that I could not sweep away. I am >>thinking of re-installing Kubuntu but I don't want to lose my /home >>dirs again. >> >>My HDD is ReiserFS partionned. Can I create a new partition and then >>back up existing /home to the new dir and then re-install? >> >>Is this a dumb idea? >> >>~Mike >> >>_______________________________________________ >>clug-talk mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>**Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDwwMzwRXgH3rKGfMRAh/cAJ9IJDAWSvqcI9q3hOUPwegmtejUHgCfS9NZ tfBvuCtOG4HdUZJKQejwJwM= =Qun9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
