Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
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Wei Chen wrote:
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> What I currently do to handle scratch installation is that: Before I do
> the installation, I rename /home to something like /abc to make sure the
> installation process won't touch it. During the installation, I choose
> to use existing partition and not to re-partition or format. And after
> the installation is finished, I remove the new /home that is generated
> during the installation and rename /abc back.
Wouldn't it be easier to let the system install in one partition and not
tell the installer to use your old /home at all. Then when the install
is complete, delete the /home that it created and add a line in
/etc/fstab for your /home instead?
What an installer doesn't know about, it's less likely to mess up.
>> I've found that a 20GB root partition gives you *ample* room for /
>> and a couple of 1GB swap *files*. Give the rest to /home.
>
>> OR make /home 8-9 GB and then create a /data/01 partition which
>> fills up the rest of the disk. Extra disks, manage with LVM and
>> call them /data/02.
>
>
> Thanks for the partition suggestion. I guess it could be easier with the
> LVM solution. Thanks.
>
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