[CoLoCo] partitioning (after the fact...)

[David L. Willson]

Good idea, if you understand what you're doing.  AFAIK, Gutsy won't
automatically recognize and use your /home partition (unless you're
upgrading, I guess); you need to tell it.

If I was you, I would get a bigger stick and tar up my home-folder.
Alternately, use 7zip or arj to make backup volumes that fit onto
whatever media you have available (stick, CDR, DVDR, or whatever).  Then
TEST those backups and do a clean install and restore data as desired.
It's not simple, but it's less complex than moving an existing system to
multiple partitions.

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 16:25 -0700, Ryan Taylor wrote:
> I'm about to switch over to Gutsy (I'm embarrassed to say I'm still
> running Edgy...), and I've decided to do a "clean" install (I've
> mucked around with more things than I should have over the previous
> months).  However I have limited thumb-drive space to make easy to
> reload my /home folder... 
> 
> In my currently setup I have three partitions (swap, / , and a ntfs
> partition I've been using for music).  Can I use GParted or something
> to go ahead and create a separate /home partition in Edgy, move (or
> copy) my "home" files into it, and then go through the Gutsy CD
> install and it recognize and use my newly formed /home partition? 
> 
> Bad or good idea??
> 
> I didn't see a good answer on the forums, so I though I'd turn to the
> list...
> 
> thanks in advance,
> Ryan
> 
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