"Dale" == Dale Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is probably embarassingly simple, but I'd better ask.. I'm > thinking of doing a reinstall of 2.2 and would like to use my > existing /home directory. That will allow me to keep lots of > existing info. I tried this once before w/ Redhat but it didn't work > right after the reinstall. Do I just do a regular install *not* > mounting the /home partition? After the install, how do I get the > /home partion mounted? Can I just copy my /etc/fstab file and /home > will mount automatically? thanks
I just installed Debian 2.2 just over a week ago. I managed to keep my old /home partition from a previous RH install. It was actually pretty easy. I took note of what partition was already mounted as /home (in my case, /dev/hda7). During the partitioning phase of installation, Debian noted that I had existing ext2 partitions, and gave me the option to make new partitions or mount the existing ones. I chose the options (can't remember the exact wording) that meant make filesystems on most partitions (I think the phrase was "Initialize"), while mounting /dev/hda7 as /home (perhaps the phrase was "Activate"). Actually the real sequence of events was a little more complicated because it involved installing a new hard drive at the same time and copying the contents of /home to a larger partition, but I'm positive that it was close enough that the above should work fine. =wl -- Albert ``Willy'' Lee, Emacs user, game programmer "They call me CRAZY - just because I DARE to DREAM of a RACE of SUPERHUMAN MONSTERS!"
