I have previously used Xubuntu and so have the following partition table on my hdd: /dev/sda1 / reiserfs /dev/sda5 none swap /dev/sda6 /home reiserfs
I now wish to install DSL and, although I am happy to delete the old OS on sda1, I would like to keep the reiserfs format.
I also wish to retain existing data in my current /home and mount this as the dsl /home.
Is this easy to achieve with the DSL installer and, if so, how?
TIA.Using reiserfs - sure, just say no to "format to ext2/3" To use your /home you would need to twingle a bit, aka add it to fstab.Or use the home= cheatcode? You may have to play around with your files in /home though, since some files will be different and probably best to be overwritten, etc. (from /etc/skel I suppose)You'll need to tweak your fstab manually. If you're not too picky and just want to access the data on the other partition, you can let DSL install as normal, use its /home mounted on /, and then set a mount point in $HOME (/home/dsl/data) and mount the other (old home) partition there. I do that so I can access the same files between distros (and BSD). That would also solve the problem of config files hats mentioned.
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Quote (curaga @ June 14 2008,22:29)
Using reiserfs - sure, just say no to "format to ext2/3"...
As my old OS will still be there would I still need to manually delete the old OS first as sda1 apparently cannot be reformatted with reiserfs by DSL?Next Page...
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