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

[David L. Willson]

I can do some screen-shots, but I'm not sure when I can do them.  Maybe
someone else can get to it sooner than I can.

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 17:24 -0700, Ryan Taylor wrote:
> >Gutsy won't
> >automatically recognize and use your /home partition (unless you're
> >upgrading, I guess); you need to tell it.
> 
> Sounds easy enough, but how do I do that ? 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 12, 2007 4:43 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
> wrote:
>         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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