Re install Fedora 20
Roger
arelem at bigpond.com
Wed Aug 6 23:32:44 UTC 2014
On 06/08/14 23:28, Rejy M Cyriac wrote:
> On 08/02/2014 07:57 AM, Roger wrote:
>> I have Fedora 20 LVM but cannot access it due to grub error which
>> defaults to grub rescue.
>> Can I reinstall Fedora without touching the /home directory on an LVM
>> please
>> thanks
>> Roger
> Yes, it is possible. During install, give the mount point for the
> existing home filesystem as '/home', but just remember to keep the
> checkbox for formatting that specific filesystem unchecked.
>
Thank you Rejy
In desperation I took another but similar route which saved the files.
I fresh installed CentOS 6.5 which still has the rudimentary but very
easy anaconda.
It found the LVM /home directory so I requested to format / and /boot
but not the /home.
Unfortunately it removed /var/www/html which had web development files
but that is acceptable.
CentOS now has my original files in that fresh install and I can also
copy files across to the fresh install of Ubuntu14.04 on an SSD as
needed so while not prefect, things are salvageable.
Thank you for your email
Roger
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