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On 2013-10-03 19:49 (GMT+0200) Carlos E. R. composed:
On Wednesday, 2013-10-02 at 11:10 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-10-02 16:39 (GMT+0200) Carlos E. R. composed:
The issue with one partition of any type (no /home) is that you can not reinstall the system, typically with a new release, because it means reformatting home and loosing your data.
Technically incorrect, except WRT installers that refuse to let installation proceed without first formatting / (e.g. Fedora). One can boot something else, delete the package management data and the binaries (/bin/, /lib/, /run/, /sys/, /var/, etc.), but save /home/ and selected config files (in /etc/), then perform an installation. Reformatting / isn't necessary with openSUSE. Just be forewarned that leaving inappropriate files or config settings behind is is a formula for inexplicable and/or undesirable behavior in the new installation.
That's an interesting procedure... undocumented, though (at openSUSE).
There's special magic it its regard with openSUSE. YaST is both operating configurator, and installer. So, it's rather smart WRT appropriate handling of any existing config files it finds during installation, in particular among them, /etc/HOSTNAME, /etc/exports, /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, /etc/samba/smb.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/zypp/repos.d/ and others. The result can be rather like a time-saving fresh install/upgrade hybrid. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org