Guidance needed with reinstalling openSUSE and preserving /home partition

English Install/Boot/Login
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I’d like to reinstall openSUSE 11.3 on a pc and would like to preserve the /home partition. The current partiton structure is

sda1 /boot
sda2 /swap
sda3 /extended partition
sda4 /
sda5 /home

When the installer gets to the point to set up the partitions it offers something like

sda1 /
sda2 /swap
sda3 /home

I’m not sure which option to take now. I assume I choose the option to edit the partitions but I’m not clear how to preserve the /home as it’s now got a different partition number or does that no matter as long as I choose not to format it? Also, to replicate the original partition structure I’d need to delete the partitions and add them in the correct order but would that destroy the /home?

I’m a bit confused with how it will work.

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You should select “Create partition setup” and not the setup’s automatic choice. Then you’ll will find your partitions, format and mount the ones you need ( /boot and / ) and mount /home without formating it.
BTW You were right to ask before. :wink:

3

Thanks. I’ll give that a try.