Hello i would like to install and keep my home directory i’m running fedora 14 and i really don’t like it at all but i have lots of pictures and music on my home directory and i don’t want to burn it to disk and then copy it back so i wanted to know if i could keep it intact And install suse 11.3 over fedora…
This is what my drive looks like. it looks like the home is a separate partition…
Thanks…
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s272/PsYcHoLiC22/Fedoradrive.png
I can’t make that out
Please post result of this from fedora terminal as su -
fdisk -l
just one caution: lots of those hidden directories and files in your
/home on Fedora contain configuration data that may or may not be
compatible with an openSUSE install…so, i think if it were me i’d
keep the home partition (it is a separate partition, no?) and when you
do the openSUSE installer will (probably) ‘see’ it and ask if you want
to use the same user ID, and i would answer NO (also make SURE you do
not mark that partition for format)…which will cause the install
routine to add a new user, thereby having then /home/[fedoraUser] and
/home/[opensuseUser]
after install you could then move photos music etc to your new user
home, and when all is safe, use YaST to delete the old user…
but CAUTION: you are always advised to make a backup copy of all your
data (photos, documents, music, emails etc etc etc) BEFORE installing
a new operating system…
heck, you should do that routinely even if not installing
anything–hard drives DO die, you know…
finally: pay attention to what car4926 says…he is the guru here…
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DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]
The sdb is the drive that fedora is installed on…
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001c5fb
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 38256 307290112 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0006b2ab
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc3 96 60801 487620945 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdd: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 60801 488384001 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00073592
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 64 24793 198635520 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/dm-0: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-1: 3724 MB, 3724541952 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-2: 146.0 GB, 145961779200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17745 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-2 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Hmm i like that idea about the second user. Sounds safe… thanks…
Personally I would bite the bullet and backup and do a fresh install. And drop LVM too.
But I concur with DD’s comment about using the same /home
A new user could work
Hi caf4926,
How do you know it’s a LVM? 
On 2010-12-06 18:06, caf4926 wrote:
> But I concur with DD’s comment about using the same /home
> A new user could work
A new user yes, but the same UID - else there will be problems (not being
able to access his old files).
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
caf4926 wrote:
> Personally I would bite the bullet and backup and do a fresh install.
> And drop LVM too.
>
> But I concur with DD’s comment about using the same /home
> A new user could work
i was thinking “fresh install” also (and always agree BACKUP first),
meaning to format all fedora partitions except /home…
of course, that assumes that /home IS on a separate partition, and all
data to be saved IS on that partition (for example, maybe the OP has a
web server or database with data not in /home…
and, i very much agree to NOT use LVM…
of course: backup all data BEFORE beginning and make sure you can
restore from it, lots can go wrong–lots…
–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]
because of the dm-X devices.
Thanks please_try_again,
I knew you were somewhere near. 
On 2010-12-06 19:36, please try again wrote:
>
> DaaX;2262431 Wrote:
>> How do you know it’s a LVM? 
>
> because of the dm-X devices.
That can also be a raid. 
However, there is a partition of type LVM, so it has to be LVM.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)