debian to ubuntu

[Eric Lemoine]

On 10/18/06, Christofer C. Bell <christofer.c.bell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/18/06, Christofer C. Bell <christofer.c.bell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/18/06, Eric Lemoine <eric.lemoine at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd like to keep my /home RAID-1 partition. Is the installer going to
> > > handle this? In other words, will I be able to have my /home partition
> > > mounted after first post-install reboot?
> >
> > Yes.  When the installer reboots your machine the first time, get into
> > the GRUB boot menu and bring the system up in single user mode.
> > Delete the contents of edit /etc/fstab to mount your metadevice on
> > /home and delete the contents of /home (since you're going to mount
> > something over it anyway).  Then reboot and let the system come up
> > normally.
>
> This is what I get for being hasty with the send button... Corrected:
>
> Yes.  When the installer reboots your machine the first time, get into
> the GRUB boot menu and bring the system up in single user mode. Edit
> /etc/fstab to mount your metadevice on /home and delete the contents
> of /home (since you're going to mount something over it anyway).  Then
> reboot and let the system come up normally.

Yes, that should work. I'll try; once I have a couple of hours ahead
of me... Thanks a lot.


-- 
Eric