Re: HD Question

[Thomas Dodd <ted cypress com>]

Adinda Praditya wrote:
> 
> Hi List,...
> 
> i've installed rh 6.2 with partition table:
> 
>  2   GB -> /
>  0.3 GB -> /home
>  1   GB -> /backup
> 
> My question is, if i re-install is my old configuration in my home
> directory (such as .bash_history, mail/ etc) still there?

During the install, it asks which filesystems to format.
If you don't format /home then the old data will remain.
Same for /backup. If you don't format the filesystem
but the new install changes config files already there,
the old versions should be saved. This saves files that
so you can reapply the changes after updates.
you get names like *.rpmold, *.rpmorig, and *.rpmnew


	-Thomas