Subject: Re: yellowdog-general Digest 23 Oct 2000 02:53:15 -0000 Issue 268
From: William F. Hostman (aramis@gci.net)
Date: Sun Oct 22 2000 - 21:21:35 MDT
>> On Sat, Oct 21, Paul J. Lucas wrote:
>::snippage::
>> Can I reinstall YDL
> > (without formatting the disks) and still have all my data be
>> there? Is there a less drastic measure?
>>
>Depends on where your data lives. If all your stuff is in /home, and /home
>is a
>separate partition, just don't format it, and the installer'll leave it alone
>(though you may have to set up your user accounts again).
>OTOH if you've got one big partition with everything in it, I think you're
>going
>to have a harder time.
>
>Sam Moore <smoo@lungta.org>
The stuff in /home is left untouched provided you don't format the
partition. At least under CS1.2.0. Personal experience.Assuming you aren't
making the other standards available, shoulld be no big deal.
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