On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 01:14:46AM -0600, Denny White spoke thusly: > 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. >
Replying to myself to say the advice from Nick, Girish, Jorge, Alexander, and Tom was great. Never went through a smoother reinstall! All /home and /data intact with no need to work this aging box any harder than is necessary. Thanks to all and thanks to Theo and the devs for a great OS! 4.4 is tops, just as expected. -- Denny White =============================================================== GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A ===============================================================
