Subject: Re: install YDL2 over linuxppc -- save /home
From: John Schmidt (jas@retriever.mech.utah.edu )
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 12:57:11 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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>
Robert,
Thanks for the info.
John
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