The 03.06.06 at 23:45, Bob S. wrote:
You have to go into manual or expert mode, and select the partitions you want it to use and/or create. The automated mode is just installing a new system on a new partition.
Yes Carlos, Thanks for replying. I was in manual mode. In the first paragraph of my original post that is evidenced by my original drives. That is why I am asking these questions. I need to understand what it is that Yast will do when I select to change those options.
Well, I didn't see the words "manual or expert mode", so I didn't notice :-)
I think that you have misunderstood what I am asking. If you have the time and inclination to assist me, I ask that you please re-read the original post.
I'll try. But I still don't clearly understand your question.
If you or anyone else wants to help I have included the orinal post at the bottom of this message.
Plase, don't! That's what threads are for, to see the history of replies, no need to repeat. You are lucky that this is a wekend, or somebody would flame you inmediately ;-) Ok, so yast was sugesting to add a new partition and install there, leaving the existing ones intact and unused (for the new). Now, is that what you want, or do you want to install on top of the existing old installation? In the second case, you need to remove the new sugested partition (not yet created) in Yast, ie, hdb9. Then you will have to edit the rest of the entries. On hdb1, your old "/", you will have to enter "/" as the mount point, and mark it as "format" as well (and change the format type, if you want: this is the time for it (reiser, ext3, whatever)). Same for hdb3 (/usr), etc. Be carefull not to request format of the partition you want to keep, like /data or windows partitions. Also, if you want to add a new partition for /home or whatever, do it. Think of it carefully; Yast will not write any thing at this stage, anyway. If you want to change more things, you can delete more partitions, and create new ones with different sizes that fit inside the clared space - this is important - I don't think yast will _move_ partitions. It is posible, however, to create newpartitions elsewhere and move over the contens (read the hardisk upgrade howto). Or use LVM, but I'm no expert on that. All this - or most - is documented on suse install guide, either in paper, pdf, or html (http://localhost/usr/share/doc/packages/suselinux-userguide_en/html/node6.ht..., chapter "Partitioning"), and they explain it much better than I'can ever do - but if you still have doubts, just make your question and me or somebody else will have a go ;-) And of course, if you bought it, you have a 90 days free installation support - at least, for the professional version. It doesn't cover everything, but I think this is covered... Er... I'm not sure, though... yours might not be a typical install, once you go for "expert" partioning. They only conver typical installs.
I do NOT want Yast to touch /newlinux or /data but would like to change them from ext2 to ext3. Would that cause data loss with that change?
Yes, because Yast would format them. I'm unsure how to do that change, but I think it is possible. Post a _new_ question here with that title. Perhaps the man page explains it. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson