Saving Home Directory And Other Settings

[Graydon]

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")