No .. You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.
HTH Marvin On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil <batphi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- > 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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