Reinstall FC8

[Richard Shaw]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> ramachandranc1 at aim.com:
>
> >> No.I don't have a separate partition for home.
>
>  Ed Greshko:
>
> > You have several alternatives.  The easiest would be to backup your home
>  > directory to an external disk.  If that is not possible, you'd probably we
>  > best served by rearranging your disk to provide /home with its own partition
>  > prior to doing a reinstall.
>
>  An alternative is:  Before commencing re-installing, "rm" all the files
>  and directories *other* than /home, then continue installing.
>
>  You can do that by booting from a rescue disc, or booting from the
>  installation disc, but swapping terminals when it pauses for you to make
>  some decisions before starting the actual install.
>
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>   important to the thread.)
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This method worked for me. Here's a link the the thread that discussed it...

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2008-03/msg00317.html

Richard