On 06/07/2015 04:52 PM, g wrote:
On 06/07/2015 05:29 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
On 06/07/2015 03:25 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
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Yes it does replace your home directory. When I do a fresh install, I back up my home directory on a usb drive and then copy it back after the install. I think you can also 'muck' with the partitioning, but I have always taken a more conservative route.
Good Luck!!!
Greg
Thanks for the quick response! I don't like it but thank you! :)
. then you should give some thought to creating a partition for /home.
such gives you ability to mount the partition as /home and not have to worry about losing, backing up /home.
that is, you should keep /home backed up, but with it as it's own partition, you do not have to restore /home into a new install.
like that better? :-)
Maybe some more information about my setup would help.
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?