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#1 2016-05-21 21:20:23

AtheistSpacePony
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Can I preserve my files if I don't mount the home partition? [Solved]

[fuckuimabird@arch-pc ~] $ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0   1.9G  0 part
├─sda2   8:2    0  14.9G  0 part [SWAP]
├─sda3   8:3    0  93.1G  0 part /
└─sda4   8:4    0   355G  0 part /home
sr0     11:0    1  79.6M  0 rom

I know, probably a dumb question, but I'm curious anyway.
If I don't mount /dev/sda4, can I preserve my personal files, while still doing a fresh install?

Last edited by AtheistSpacePony (2016-05-22 01:12:04)


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#2 2016-05-21 21:24:02

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Re: Can I preserve my files if I don't mount the home partition? [Solved]

Sure. Then just mount it as /home once you are done.


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#3 2016-05-21 21:40:59

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Re: Can I preserve my files if I don't mount the home partition? [Solved]

just keep in mind that .config and .cache might do strange things if userspace version upgrades have happened in between

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#4 2016-05-22 01:10:33

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Re: Can I preserve my files if I don't mount the home partition? [Solved]

Alright. Thanks.


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