Re: install YDL2 over linuxppc -- save /home


Subject: Re: install YDL2 over linuxppc -- save /home
From: Robert Brandtjen (rob@prometheusmedia.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 02:50:58 MDT


on 8/29/01 7:24 PM, John Schmidt at jas@retriever.mech.utah.edu wrote:

> I just received my YDL2 today and would like to install it over an existing
> linuxppc installation. I have 2 drives devoted to linux one for / and
> one for /home. I would like to keep my /home without having it destroyed
> during the installation. I was thinking that I could tell the installed
> that I just have one ext2 formatted drive and let it put the /home
> on this drive and then after installation is complete change the /etc/fstab
> so it will mount my /home that is on my other drive. Or is there an
> easier way to do this

It will let you set that partition as /home and wont touch it one bit - very
nice installer really.

Now if someone could just tell me why there are so my "?" icons in the start
menu - or is that normal ?

 Robert Brandtjen
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