On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, ken wrote: *snip* >> I've been caught out before when installing Linux with >> existing data on several partitions, and had my partitions >> and data trashed. My work around is to only let the >> installer use / tmp and swap. That way it cannot touch my >> partitions with data on them. > > I've done at least a dozen, maybe three or four dozen installs, with > (actual) redhat, suse, centos, and probably others too, but have never > had that happen to me. Linux has even recognized every Windows > partition I've had and has left those alone to when I've asked it to. > This might be because I always select "Custom Install" at the very > beginning of the process. IMS, if you select "New Install" (or words to > that effect), you don't have the option to select partitions you want to > leave untouched during the install. Hi Ken. IIRC that happened a some years ago with Ubuntu. Ever since that happened I've been wary of the various different custom options available from different Linux distros. I just use the Gparted Live CD to do any partition work. I don't use LVM either yet, so that's not a problem for me now. Kind Regards, Keith ----------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------