Re: [K12OSN] Saving a file system at fresh install

[Julius Szelagiewicz <julius turtle com>]

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 13:57, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> > 	is there an easy way to save on partition with the file system on
> > a physical drive that is being used for a fresh install? tia, julius
> >
>
> Somewhere in the disk setup dialog there should be a checkbox
> for whether to format each partition or not.  If don't format
> you keep the old contents.  Or you can just avoid the partition
> completely in the install and edit it into /etc/fstab to mount
> it later.  If you keep something like /home from a different
> version you may have to juggle the bits and pieces that new
> installs put there.
>
Les,
	right, as usual. I remembered the old, old fdisk that didn't allow
for it, now it is nice and easy. julius

p.s. not *everything* is nice and easy - see next message