Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:05:00 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: Ross Penner <ross.penner@gmail.com> Cc: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Downgrading from current Message-ID: <20070730100239.U97842@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <op.tv88cbufq910fd@localhost> References: <op.tv88cbufq910fd@localhost>
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Ross Penner wrote: > I have a lot of data on my /usr partition that I would rather not have to > backup and then readd to the system. is there a way I can reinstall and > leave parts of the file system intact? I assume that I can use the same > partitions but I'm worried that reinstalling will clean the partitions. As long as your /usr is on a separate partition, you can choose to mount it at some other point and not format while re-installing FreeBSD. I don't recollect the exact steps off-hand, but I remember there being a "Toggle NewFS" or something like that option on the screen where you make partitions. Just toggle it off and the partition won't get formatted. Hope that helps. Regards, Rakhesh
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