----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Fresh Install Advice
Just thought I would mention this as a future aid maybe. Whenever I do an install I install from scratch, but, I always have a partition called /obj that I save all of my /home stuff that I want to keep. Like photos or mail etc. Before I wipe the disk I transfer that /home stuff to /obj and then when I format the drive I keep the /obj intact and do not reformat it. What this does is gives me a clean /var, /usr, /home and / partitions and I can pull the good stuff back into home as desired. Hope that was clear and not badly put. It does save me a problem with conflicting files as the release numbers go up. HTH. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 No that was put quite excellent. I think I do the same thing, Calling my area /storage instead. I put rpms, pics, text files, user backups, etc in there. But, Your reply raises another burning question. Something I've wondered about, And have yet to receive a satifying answer for : What is the " best" way to partition your drive, and Why ? Why set up / , /var , / usr , / home , What's the logic, or purpose of this ? I've set mine up with seperate partitions for / , and /user. I've also set partitions up / , and /home. also, just one partition for / . of the three ways I've done it, going / , /home seemed like the best when it came time for a reinstall , ( reload / No need to worry about / home everything is restored as it was before mucking up / ). When I went / , /usr I had to format both partitions, or neither. So I lost my / home settings.
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