[LBo] To Upgrade or Make new, that is the question

[Douglas Orchard]

> Here's how my current SuSE Linux 9.3 is installed.
> 
> Linux, on my computer, has its own 60 GB hard drive, /dev/hdb.  Windows
> is 
> on /dev/hda.
> 
> Currently there is an extended 12 GB partition, /dev/hdb2.  That
> extended 
> partition has 6 logical partitions /, /home, /opt, /usr, /var and swap
> that 
> occupy slightly less than 10 GB.
> 
> I have CDs with SuSE 10.1.  I can either upgrade the current SuSE 9.3
> or 
> create another extended partition /dev/hdb3 (?) of another 12 GB and
> then 
> create logical partitions for /, /opt, /usr, /var and reuse the current 
> /dev/hdb6 which is /home.  Is that a correct way to reuse the current 
> /home?  Anyway, I'm really asking 2 separate questions.  The first one
> is 
> whether to do an upgrade or install a second version of Linux, SuSE 
> 10.1.  The second question is about reusing the current partition /home.

I always reuse /home
The problem is if any of the configfiles have changed between versions,
(one of the versions will have the wrong configfile)

Perhaps make a new partition for /home and a link to
/home/<username>/documents


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Douglas Orchard

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