On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:42:54 +0000, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 21 Mar 2005 20:12, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > > > My home is on a searate partition. I am just unfamiliar with the > > upgrade process. I started with a blank machine and let Mandrake do > > the rest. At installation, it created the 5 gig root, 1 gig swap, and > > 24 gig home partitions. I am not sure what files get upgraded and > > what files get left alone. > > In any future install, if you select 'use existing partitions' it will > overwrite your root partition (it formats it first) but it will only format > your /home directory if you choose to let it. I'd say that 5GB is not very > big, though, so in a future install, if you have any spare space create > another partition, say 4GB, for /usr. That should take some of the strain > off it. > > Anne > -- > Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels > > > Should I suggest that for future installs on the twiki? I also thought that the default for root seemed small.
-- Christopher Taylor - Registered Linux User #383327 If this message is sent to a mailing list please 'Reply to List' or re-write the To field. This will save on a lot of duplicate emails going out.
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