On Friday 29 October 2004 00:22, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
*** Reply to message from Jeffrey Laramie
on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:37:59 -0400 One more candle and a trip around the Sun*** I want to keep my data and programs completely separated from the distro files.
you can try to install at least browsers and some other files only in your home directory.. they may not run, but if you compile them and tell them to be there, they just might work... there is also the /usr/local option... or /usr/share if you want others to be able to use the programs at a future time.. Empty directories tends to depend on whether you install a lot of software in them... I should think you could create any directory under /usr as root and give your username rights to it...
Absolutely. You can mount the partition or drive with your files on it in /usr or any place else. I've gotten off the track discussing directory structure. The point I was originally trying to make is that if you keep all the data that is unique to your usage, plus backups of /etc and /home, on a separate drive (or partition if you only have one drive) then you can drop this drive in any box, mount it, and be back in business in a couple hours. YaST is a great installation program and IMHO once you get the hang of it you can do a fresh installation just as fast as an upgrade but with more predictable results. Jeff