I need to install my SuSE Pro 9.2 HOME files on a separate partition
so I can install a clean from the box Pro 9.3 without affecting my
data files.
I messed up again and re-installed 9.2, but somehow it got installed
(I think) on /dev/hdb6. The old 9.2 install was on /dev/hda3 but I
*think* I lost my data files.
1. How can I look in /dev/hda3 to see if my documents and saved mail
is there?
2. If it IS there, how should I backup that data and then reinstall on
a separate HOME partition, that would be accessable to both 9.2 and
9.3? When I re-install 9.2 I think I better reformat /dev/hda except
for XP which is on /dev/hda1. Agree?
3. If it is NOT there. how should I make the re-install of 9.2 put the
HOME files into a separate partition?
My utterly messed up drives follow. I have absolutely no idea
how /dev/hdb got the way it is. Don't understand the reference to
Solaris either.
andy@linux:~> su
Password:
linux:/home/andy # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2621 21053151 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2622 2882 2096482+ 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
/dev/hda3 2883 5493 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 5494 9729 34025670 f W95 Ext'd
(LBA)
/dev/hda5 5494 6798 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 6799 9729 23543226 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80000040960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 3917 31458068 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdb2 3918 7180 26210047+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 7181 9726 20450745 f W95 Ext'd
(LBA)
/dev/hdb5 7181 7308 1028128+ 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
/dev/hdb6 7309 9726 19422553+ 83 Linux
linux:/home/andy #
Thank you for any help you may give me.
Sorry, but I really need detailed instructions. I'm a one month
newbie.
Andy
