On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:04:31AM -0500, Nick Holland spoke thusly: > Denny White wrote: > > I've always tried to do a fresh install any time possible, > > and then copy all my backed up /home and /data stuff back > > to the new installed system. I'm just trying to figure out > > if there's a way to keep those 2 slices intact while wiping > > out and recreating everything else, i.e., /usr, /var, & /tmp. > > I rebooted on the new 4.4 install cd and tried to see if there > > was a different way to go about things but couldn't figure it > > out there. I read up on disklabel & fdisk & googled around for > > a couple of days before asking the list. So, if someone knows > > where I can find some info on it, I'd really appreciate it. > > Just don't define mount points for the partitions you wish to > keep, and they won't be newfs'd (i.e., existing data will be > preserved). > > AFTER the install, you will go in and edit /etc/fstab and add > your "saved" partitions. Ta-da! your data is back. > > Have a backup anyway, of course. Sucks to fat-finger something > in the process... > > Nick. > >
Thanks, Nick. Yeah, that's what some other replies said. And, like I said too in my answer, everything's just been dumped & homedir rsynced, so I'm going to give it a try. And yes, fat fingers suck. I know from experience. ;) Thanks for the help. Good case in point. Forgot cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] What a dweeb! ;) Fat fingers rule! -- Denny White =============================================================== GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A ===============================================================
