[CoLoCo] partitioning (after the fact...)

[Ryan Taylor]

*>Gutsy won't
>automatically recognize and use your /home partition (unless you're
>upgrading, I guess); you need to tell it.

Sounds easy enough, but how do I do that ?

Thanks!


*
On Dec 12, 2007 4:43 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:

> Good idea, if you understand what you're doing.  AFAIK, Gutsy won't
> automatically recognize and use your /home partition (unless you're
> upgrading, I guess); you need to tell it.
>
> If I was you, I would get a bigger stick and tar up my home-folder.
> Alternately, use 7zip or arj to make backup volumes that fit onto
> whatever media you have available (stick, CDR, DVDR, or whatever).  Then
> TEST those backups and do a clean install and restore data as desired.
> It's not simple, but it's less complex than moving an existing system to
> multiple partitions.
>
> On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 16:25 -0700, Ryan Taylor wrote:
> > I'm about to switch over to Gutsy (I'm embarrassed to say I'm still
> > running Edgy...), and I've decided to do a "clean" install (I've
> > mucked around with more things than I should have over the previous
> > months).  However I have limited thumb-drive space to make easy to
> > reload my /home folder...
> >
> > In my currently setup I have three partitions (swap, / , and a ntfs
> > partition I've been using for music).  Can I use GParted or something
> > to go ahead and create a separate /home partition in Edgy, move (or
> > copy) my "home" files into it, and then go through the Gutsy CD
> > install and it recognize and use my newly formed /home partition?
> >
> > Bad or good idea??
> >
> > I didn't see a good answer on the forums, so I though I'd turn to the
> > list...
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> > Ryan
> >
> >
>
>
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