If you are installing via CD isos, then you will be given an opportunity to save your partitions of choice from re-formating. Just don't let the install program partition automatically. I've kept the same data in my home directory from Red Hat 7.2 through Fedora and onto CentOS and never had a problem. I don't know about other methods of installation. Dick Shawn Brown wrote: > Hi, > > how can I use my previous /home partion under a new installation of cent0S5? > > Is it something like: > > mount it > chown it (so the UIDs match) > fstab it (suggestions here pelase) > > Was using fc6 that died in an update (I think XP under vm ware crashed) > and segfaulted on reboot. > > Wanted to go to centOS anyway so... > > Um, the /home is a mirrored raid device across 2 disks. I can mount it > fine. > > Sorry if this seems so simple to find it on google. I searched around > and thought I'd ask before going further thinking maybe someone has a > howto or would suggest a reinstall of centOS5 with it pointed to the > /home directory I'd like to use. Wasn't sure how to do that without > reformatting is though. > > I doubt this is relevant at this moment but the previous installation > was i686 and the new on is x86_64 > > Thanks and happy to be finallying using centOS > > Shawn > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin 1775