CentOS - Jun 2015 - newbie question on installation over existing Linux

On 06/07/2015 03:25 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-06-07 at 15:16 -0700, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> If I choose to do a fresh install of CentOS 6 with "replace
existing
>> Linux systems", will it also wipe out my /home directory? In the
past
>> when I've done this with another Linux distro, /home was not 
>> affected.
>>
>> Or, would I need to do "fresh" install and then muck with 
>> partitioning
>> using a Custom Layout? Right now, it's kind of looking like the 
>> latter
>> to me, and if so, will I lose data?
>>
>> I spent some time on the Forums and reading the RH documentation, 
>> but,
>> no real answers to this specific question.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Kay,
> 
> Yes it does replace your home directory.  When I do a fresh install, I
> back up my home directory on a usb drive and then copy it back after
> the install.  I think you can also 'muck' with the partitioning,
but I
> have always taken a more conservative route.
> 
> Good Luck!!!
> 
> Greg
Thanks for the quick response! I don't like it but thank you! :)



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On 06/07/2015 05:29 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
> On 06/07/2015 03:25 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
<<<>>>
>> Yes it does replace your home directory.  When I do a fresh
>> install, I back up my home directory on a usb drive and then copy
>> it back after the install.  I think you can also 'muck' with
the
>> partitioning, but I have always taken a more conservative route.
>> 
>> Good Luck!!!
>> 
>> Greg
>
> Thanks for the quick response! I don't like it but thank you! :)
.
then you should give some thought to creating a partition for /home.

such gives you ability to mount the partition as /home and not have
to worry about losing, backing up /home.

that is, you should keep /home backed up, but with it as it's own
partition, you do not have to restore /home into a new install.

like that better? :-)


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On 06/07/2015 04:52 PM, g wrote:
> 
> 
> On 06/07/2015 05:29 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> On 06/07/2015 03:25 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> <<<>>>
> 
>>> Yes it does replace your home directory.  When I do a fresh
>>> install, I back up my home directory on a usb drive and then copy
>>> it back after the install.  I think you can also 'muck'
with the
>>> partitioning, but I have always taken a more conservative route.
>>>
>>> Good Luck!!!
>>>
>>> Greg
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response! I don't like it but thank you! :)
> .
> then you should give some thought to creating a partition for /home.
> 
> such gives you ability to mount the partition as /home and not have
> to worry about losing, backing up /home.
> 
> that is, you should keep /home backed up, but with it as it's own
> partition, you do not have to restore /home into a new install.
> 
> like that better? :-)
> 
> 
Maybe some more information about my setup would help.

My situation is I have 7 separate Linux  partitions and a swap area. One
of the partitions is /home, so it's already in its own partition.
I want to keep the partitions for CentOS exactly as I have them in terms
of size, etc. In the past, even when I've done a "clean" Linux
install,
the existing system partitions were cleared and repopulated, and the
existing /home was not touched in any way.

So, I'm not sure how to interpret what you said. Can I get the same
results from a CentOS install using some combination of options?

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"We can all sleep easy at night knowing that
 somewhere at any given time,
 the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo."
                          -- David Letterman