I did it!

[Edward Haddock]

On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 08:29 -0400, Sam Folk-Williams wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 04:29:55PM -1000, Edward Haddock wrote:
> > Aloha,
> > 	Pardon the newbie excitement but I have successfully mapped a
> > half-height external USB Hard Drive as my /home and after copying /home
> > in FC4 to it then booting into FC5 and mapping /home to it...presto
> > bango...I am now running FC5 no worries. I did lose a few things in the
> 
> Edward,
> 
> What you did here is super cool and helpful, but do keep in ming that caviat
> that USB hard drives (and thumbdrives) are prone to data corruption and you
> should definitely keep a copy on your internal drive as well (or some other
> backup). I'm not sure about the state of USB drivers in FC5, but previously
> there have been issues with usb disks failing at a higher rate than internal
> disks.
> 
> Sam
Aloha Sam,
	Thanks for the heads up on that. I will definitely keep a backup as I
always do. Data Integrity is pretty important to me. I have already
considered the internal drive and will likely do that when I get the
Windows XP partition re-sized. I rarely use it but there are times when
only windows will do. After that, the rest of the internal drive will be
nothing but /home and maybe /opt. Not sure yet still planning. :) Of
course with Linux, that is half the fun isn't it?
Mahalo,
Edward
> 
> > transfer but not much. Which is quite an accomplishment for a newbie
> > like myself. Matter of fact, on a back burner, I may start writing about
> > this. I think that given the popularity I am seeing it may be wise to
> > tell people about this kind of thing so that upgrades go easier. Plus it
> > puts your data on a different partition. Anyone got any advice on what
> > else should be separated like that?
> > Mahalo,
> > Edward
> 
> 
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