preserving partitions during reinstall

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 16:17 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 09/10/2012 03:47 PM, Suvayu Ali uttered this comment:
> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:08:47PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> >>
> >> The point is that *none* of the Ananconda install options:
> >>      Use all space
> >>      Replace Existing Linux System(s)
> >>      Shrink current system
> >>      use Free space
> >>      Create custom layout
> >> will read the existing partitioning of vg_pigeon and present that to you
> >> as a default; they all either suggest a completely new set of defaults, or
> >> in the case of custom, present no defaults at all.
> >>
> >> Or to put it another way, missing from that list of install options above,
> >> seems to be:
> >>      Keep existing Linux partitioning
> >>
> >
> > You say your original partitioning was custom partitioning, then how do
> > you expect Anaconda will figure it out without help?  The way to do what
> > you want would be to enter custom partitioning, not delete any of the
> > existing partitions, specify the appropriate mount points (again only
> > you know this, no way Anaconda can figure this out), and then continue
> > with your upgrade as usual.
> 
> IIRC, "Replace Existing Linux System(s)" will keep the existing 
> partitioning. It just replaces the OS--assuming it'll fit.
> -

I don't think the above is true, The home directory would also be
updated.


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