I'm downloading RC5 at this time and should have the DVD in a few more hours. I'd like to do a fresh install of RC5, but for once don't want to lose my home directory stuff especially my Mozilla mail folders and filters. What is a good way to save these? Just tar up the .mozilla directory and copy it somewhere, restoring it after the install? (Will Mozilla insist on setting up a new profile, or will it use an existing profile if found?)
Thanks
Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:09:29PM -0400, Robert L Cochran scripsit:
I'm downloading RC5 at this time and should have the DVD in a few more hours. I'd like to do a fresh install of RC5, but for once don't want to lose my home directory stuff especially my Mozilla mail folders and filters. What is a good way to save these? Just tar up the .mozilla directory and copy it somewhere, restoring it after the install? (Will Mozilla insist on setting up a new profile, or will it use an existing profile if found?)
It will use the existing profile if found.
However, why not keep /home on its own partition, and just not reformat it when you do the install? That way you keep everything.
This is what I do, and it works fine; I don't know what 'automatically partition' does (I've never used it :) but DiskDruid certainly gives you the option to leave a partition untouched. ("preserve data")
Graydon wrote:
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:09:29PM -0400, Robert L Cochran scripsit:
I'm downloading RC5 at this time and should have the DVD in a few more hours. I'd like to do a fresh install of RC5, but for once don't want to lose my home directory stuff especially my Mozilla mail folders and filters. What is a good way to save these? Just tar up the .mozilla directory and copy it somewhere, restoring it after the install? (Will Mozilla insist on setting up a new profile, or will it use an existing profile if found?)
It will use the existing profile if found.
However, why not keep /home on its own partition, and just not reformat it when you do the install? That way you keep everything.
This is what I do, and it works fine; I don't know what 'automatically partition' does (I've never used it :) but DiskDruid certainly gives you the option to leave a partition untouched. ("preserve data")
The lightbulb goes on now! Thanks for the suggestion.
Bob
Robert L Cochran wrote:
Graydon wrote:
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:09:29PM -0400, Robert L Cochran scripsit:
I'm downloading RC5 at this time and should have the DVD in a few more hours. I'd like to do a fresh install of RC5, but for once don't want to lose my home directory stuff especially my Mozilla mail folders and filters. What is a good way to save these? Just tar up the .mozilla directory and copy it somewhere, restoring it after the install? (Will Mozilla insist on setting up a new profile, or will it use an existing profile if found?)
It will use the existing profile if found.
However, why not keep /home on its own partition, and just not reformat it when you do the install? That way you keep everything.
This is what I do, and it works fine; I don't know what 'automatically partition' does (I've never used it :) but DiskDruid certainly gives you the option to leave a partition untouched. ("preserve data")
The lightbulb goes on now! Thanks for the suggestion.
Bob
I used to use this technique. However, I found that when updating, much of the configuration information in my home directory conflicted with changes in the new software. Now, I use a separate partition called /lnxdata in my case to contain all of my personal data. I make a link to this in my home directory. I can share this partition among multiple versions of Linux. Currently I have FC1, FC2, FC3RC3 in use and they all mount this partition for access to my data files. Rather than update, I save any important directories like e-mail messages, bookmarks, etc. from my home directory, just do a fresh install and let the configuration stuff in my home directory be deleted, allowing fresh configurations for the new installed versions.
Gerry Tool
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