Kay Schenk wrote:
On 06/07/2015 10:11 PM, Peter wrote:
On 06/08/2015 12:25 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
My situation is I have 7 separate Linux partitions and a swap area. One of the partitions is /home, so it's already in its own partition. I want to keep the partitions for CentOS exactly as I have them in terms of size, etc. In the past, even when I've done a "clean" Linux
install,
the existing system partitions were cleared and repopulated, and the existing /home was not touched in any way.
So, I'm not sure how to interpret what you said. Can I get the same results from a CentOS install using some combination of options?
Yes, since you already have a partition explicitly for /home you just need to specify custom partitioning before you begin the install, re-select all your partitions back to the same mount point (you will see them, they just need to be selected and have the mount point specified) and make sure that /home (and any other partitions you explicitly don't want wiped) are not selected for formatting. The installer will take care of the rest.
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YAY! I think this is exactly what I did at one time. OK, I'll back up JUST in case, but I am hoping this solution plays out well. :)
Good fer you. Btw, coming to this thread late, let me note that this is standard for everywhere I've worked: make a partition (or nfs mount) for /home, or /data, or whatever, so that when you did an upgrade to the next full release, you could say "install", rather than update, and "sure, wipe my / and /boot (but not anything else).
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