This is what I was going to try - save /home and /usr/local to usbdisk then clean install. I have not had too much luck with upgrades beyond a decimal point.
N.M ==> N.M+1 is ok, N.M ==> N+1.M, little chance for success. Bruce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:49 AM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: Reformat an NTFS disk to FAT32? On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:28:57 -0400 Bruce Labitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well SuSE 9.3 doesn't handle it gracefully. I wouldn't be going through > this grief if it did. I am trying to get my user data /home archived > onto the usb disk so I can install a new distro. > One of these days I can go doze free, but my current employment doesn't > yet offer that opportunity. :) > Hence the FAT32 formating. One solution is to boot a recent live distro, such as knoppix or ubuntu or Suse 10.3. All three handle ntfs. The issue is the kernel modules. Also, SuSE releases are upgradable. While I always prefer a clean install, I have performed upgrade installs on SuSE with no problems. Normally, when I set up a system from scratch I always set up a separate /home file system so I can do a clean install without blowing away my /home (and /usr/local in my case). -- -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
