On Monday 1 Dec 2003 4:03:13 AM EST (approx) X-Message-Number-for-archive: 169632 Message-Id: <200312010103.13696.brett@realbt.com> * "Brett A. Taylor" wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm currently running Mandrake 9.1 but I want to switch to SUSE. I have 3 partitions on my current hard drive: my main partition (hda1), mounted at / as ext3; swap (hda5); and hda6, which is mounted as /home.
I have downloaded SUSE and it exists on hda6.
What I want to do is format the Mandrake partition on hda1, but *keep* (this is the most important part) without loosing *any* data on hda6, and set SUSE to mount it as /home.
Is this going to work?
Brett, if I understand what you are asking, the simple answer is: No, because each linux Operating System (OS) needs its own "/home" but you could make it work depending on how you re-partioned your hard-drive. (I am assuming you want to keep your Mandrake OS, if for no other reason to aid in your install of SuSE) My suggestion to you is get a copy of the SuSE CD's and manuals and read up on partititioning. Unless I am confusing you with some one else you are a computer science student so you should learn about partitions. (If you are short of funds, borrow a copy, or find a old copy on ebay or buy the personal edition.) Hope this helps, bood luck. Gar (PS -- I had eliminated your message from my mailing list, when I saw it in the archieves, so I used the "get command" and got another copy -- I would have trimed the following off -- but I left it on for completeness )
I don't really understand how Linux partitions work very well -- but part of what I'm most concerned about is how SUSE is going to tie together the existing owners/groups on the hda6 partition with new users created by SUSE. thanks!
Brett
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On Tuesday 02 December 2003 9:24 am, GarUlbricht7@netscape.net wrote:
On Monday 1 Dec 2003 4:03:13 AM EST (approx) X-Message-Number-for-archive: 169632 Message-Id: <200312010103.13696.brett@realbt.com>
* "Brett A. Taylor" wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm currently running Mandrake 9.1 but I want to switch to SUSE. I have 3 partitions on my current hard drive: my main partition (hda1), mounted at / as ext3; swap (hda5); and hda6, which is mounted as /home.
I have downloaded SUSE and it exists on hda6.
What I want to do is format the Mandrake partition on hda1, but *keep* (this is the most important part) without loosing *any* data on hda6, and set SUSE to mount it as /home.
Is this going to work?
Brett, if I understand what you are asking, the simple answer is: No,
Strange?? I do it all the time with my SuSE distros. I update my system by formating and installing in the other partitions but don't format my home partition and thereby keep all my personal data in tact. Is there something unique about the Mandrake fs, that I don't know about? My simply answer is: Yes, it should work.
because each linux Operating System (OS) needs its own "/home" but you could make it work depending on how you re-partioned your hard-drive. (I am assuming you want to keep your Mandrake OS, if for no other reason to aid in your install of SuSE)
Errr . . . if you read above doesn't Brett say that he wants to format his Mandrake OS?
My suggestion to you is get a copy of the SuSE CD's and manuals and read up on partititioning.
Unless I am confusing you with some one else you are a computer science student so you should learn about partitions.
Unless you know him personally and know he has a problem, what has he being a computer science student got to do with anything. Surely if anyone is going to mess about with their partitions they should learn something about them first. Please try not to sound condescending and just try and help people if trying to help is your intention. Eddie
(If you are short of funds, borrow a copy, or find a old copy on ebay or buy the personal edition.)
Hope this helps, bood luck.
Gar
(PS -- I had eliminated your message from my mailing list, when I saw it in the archieves, so I used the "get command" and got another copy -- I would have trimed the following off -- but I left it on for completeness )
I don't really understand how Linux partitions work very well -- but part of what I'm most concerned about is how SUSE is going to tie together the existing owners/groups on the hda6 partition with new users created by SUSE. thanks!
Brett
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Hi there, On December 2, 2003 01:44 am, eddie wrote:
Brett, if I understand what you are asking, the simple answer is: No,
Strange?? I do it all the time with my SuSE distros. I update my system by formating and installing in the other partitions but don't format my home partition and thereby keep all my personal data in tact. Is there something unique about the Mandrake fs, that I don't know about?
My simply answer is: Yes, it should work.
Thanks, that's the answer I was looking for!
because each linux Operating System (OS) needs its own "/home" but you could make it work depending on how you re-partioned your hard-drive. (I am assuming you want to keep your Mandrake OS, if for no other reason to aid in your install of SuSE)
Errr . . . if you read above doesn't Brett say that he wants to format his Mandrake OS?
That is correct! Thanks. I thought it sounded right and it would work, but I wanted to check. Nobody wants to lose /home! Brett
Hi, Am Dienstag, 2. Dezember 2003 21:04 schrieb Brett A. Taylor:
Thanks. I thought it sounded right and it would work, but I wanted to check. Nobody wants to lose /home!
And for this very reason you should have a backup copy of your /home data. Just in case. This advice has nothing to do with your existing installation beeing Mandrake and/or your new installation beeing SUSE LINUX. Things (can) go wrong. And you would be very sorry ... Greetings from Bremen hartmut P.S. Sounds very reasonable, doesn't it? Have I ever followed such advise myself? No. Have I suffered? Sure (but likely not enough to not do it again) ...
On Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at 02:04 PM, Brett A. Taylor wrote:
Hi there,
On December 2, 2003 01:44 am, eddie wrote:
Brett, if I understand what you are asking, the simple answer is: No,
Strange?? I do it all the time with my SuSE distros. I update my system by formating and installing in the other partitions but don't format my home partition and thereby keep all my personal data in tact. Is there something unique about the Mandrake fs, that I don't know about?
My simply answer is: Yes, it should work.
Thanks, that's the answer I was looking for!
because each linux Operating System (OS) needs its own "/home" but you could make it work depending on how you re-partioned your hard-drive. (I am assuming you want to keep your Mandrake OS, if for no other reason to aid in your install of SuSE)
Errr . . . if you read above doesn't Brett say that he wants to format his Mandrake OS?
That is correct!
Thanks. I thought it sounded right and it would work, but I wanted to check. Nobody wants to lose /home!
I know it's a little late, but I just did an install with 9.0 over mandrake 9.1. I didn't do anything special, it recognized my existing home directories and left them intact. Don't know if they work, but everything seems to be in there. hdware: amd k-6 550 with miscellaneous leftover hardware. Can look for specifics is it means anything. Doubt it though. 9.0 ui has been very impressive on the install and configuration over past versions. For what it's worth and good luck. will
On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 12:24, GarUlbricht7@netscape.net wrote:
On Monday 1 Dec 2003 4:03:13 AM EST (approx) X-Message-Number-for-archive: 169632 Message-Id: <200312010103.13696.brett@realbt.com>
* "Brett A. Taylor" wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm currently running Mandrake 9.1 but I want to switch to SUSE. I have 3 partitions on my current hard drive: my main partition (hda1), mounted at / as ext3; swap (hda5); and hda6, which is mounted as /home.
I have downloaded SUSE and it exists on hda6.
What I want to do is format the Mandrake partition on hda1, but *keep* (this is the most important part) without loosing *any* data on hda6, and set SUSE to mount it as /home.
Is this going to work?
Brett, if I understand what you are asking, the simple answer is: No, Yes you can do it. Rename your home directory to /home/brett.old (or whatever it is. Do the same with any other users) and install SuSE, making sure that you don't format /dev/hda6, and telling SuSE to mount it as /home. I do it all the time, playing with different distros. You can then move your files across to the new /home/brett.
David
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