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")