Thanks for your reply Joe. I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install.
Thanks again Phil On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff <j...@zeff.us> wrote: > On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: > >> >> 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using >> Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory >> within the home directory? >> >> > ~/.thunderbird to be exact. > > 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have >> the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically >> configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? >> > > The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions > mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a > custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what > partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if > you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally > speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are > exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video > collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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