Kay Schenk
2015-Jun-07 22:29 UTC
[CentOS] 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!!! > > GregThanks for the quick response! I don't like it but thank you! :) -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "We can all sleep easy at night knowing that somewhere at any given time, the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo." -- David Letterman
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? :-) -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g .
Kay Schenk
2015-Jun-08 00:25 UTC
[CentOS] newbie question on installation over existing Linux
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? -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "We can all sleep easy at night knowing that somewhere at any given time, the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo." -- David Letterman