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#1 2011-05-05 07:26:08
- vasicekabc
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How to reinstall my system only?
My system crashed and I want reinstal it. I have 4 partitions on my HDD
/boot
/root
/home
swap
I want reinstal /root only, need /home stay without changes. How to do it safety?
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#2 2011-05-05 07:40:35
- SanskritFritz
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Re: How to reinstall my system only?
Backup your /home just to be on the safe side. But /home will not be touched by the reinstall.
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#3 2011-05-05 07:44:15
- JokerBoy
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Re: How to reinstall my system only?
at installation don't choose to format that partition, and you'll have just to specify the file system. i recommend cleaning the "trash" in your home directory before re-installing, eg. .local,.cache,.gimp2,gnome2,.kde4,etc. sometimes is better to start with defaults.
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also /root != /
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#4 2011-05-05 14:31:31
- Inxsible
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Re: How to reinstall my system only?
as others have mentioned that don't choose to format, but you will still need to mount it correctly to the /home mount point or another /home will be created under root.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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