John L. Pierce wrote:
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:47:12 -0500 Subject: Re: How to preserve users in new install? To: fedora-list@redhat.com Someone should also direct this user to setup separate partitions on the physical disc(s) so that in the future preserving user data will be much easier.
Then when doing a new install the user can just omit formatting the /home, /etc and other necessary directories.
If /etc/ is not reformatted, then isn't there an opportunity for the fresh install to get scrambled? Particularly in /etc/init.d and the rc?.d sub-dirs?