On 21 Jan, Ken Wilson wrote: > > So far my only solution has been multiple tries, sometimes making entries > > /home /dev/hda3 > > swap /dev/hda2 > > / /dev/hda1 > > > > or swapping the order hda1, hda2, hda3 > > some times deleting hda1 then re-creating it works. > THis works but it is not entirely obvious, and I have had periods of > stuffing around looking for the way, and next time memory is fuzzy > enough that I take a few retrys. You have to know your existing > partitions because the installers suggestions for /home etc may be > different to what is on the disk and then correct it. > This could be done in a more obvious way.
What I routinely do is note down which partition is which on a piece of paper so I don't need to trust to memory. Then during install I manually partition, and choose the "don't format" option for each partition (well, except for swap). But you *must* define the mountpoints, so you have to go in and add a mount point for / and for /home, and also tell it which partition to use for each (and for swap). luke -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
