Format(yes) means you are actually formatting the drive
and no mean you dont want to format it, but to use it as such.
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Alan,
refer:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide#Partition_Hard_Drives
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@alan,
We are actually specifying, which partition is for root and which one is for
/home, so you needn't select any particular partition to click the next
button. Click the next button after you have specified the root and /home
partitions and of-course the swap...
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On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Anoop Jacob Thomas wrote:
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> / - root partition -- type ext3 -- *format (yes)*
> /home - home partition -- type ext3 -- *format (no)*
>
>
What does this "format(yes)" or "no" means?
Also, when I created these partitions in the installer, which partition will
I
Yes that is right, in normal conditions you will have two partitions one
root and one swap partitions.
So for your requirement, you need to have 3 partitions.
/ - root partition -- type ext3 -- format (yes)
/home - home partition -- type ext3 -- format (no)
swap - swap partition - type linux
> [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=526169
> I think you'd just have to copy the entire contents of the /home
> directory to some
> other drive (I hope you do) and then, once you partition and create a
> separate /home
> partition using gparted you could copy all the items back into it.
Hi Alen ,
>> I'm newbie to GNU/Linux. I'm now using Linux Mint 7. I'm waiting for
>> Ubuntu Karmic Koala. From that onwards, I'm planning to install /home
>> folder to separate partition. I don't know much about partitioning.
>> Please guide me or point me to a tutorial.
You could try the follow
try with GParted.. but make a back up of ur valuable data..
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Alan wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I'm newbie to GNU/Linux. I'm now using Linux Mint 7. I'm waiting for
> Ubuntu Karmic Koala. From that onwards, I'm planning to install /home
> folder to separate partition. I don
