text_combined: matthias saou matthiasegwnnet upon time angles wrote went open source stopped using old partioning app partition magic rh7 install used fips couple times ext3 came old commercial partioning app real old ask os software nondestructively repartition hd put home seperate partition parted friend cant _everything_ limiting cant move start partition quite powerful nevertheless ive happy times ive use didnt put home separate partition winbloze 9x used deltree winbloze dir program files dirs install fresh instead upgrade saving data trick used rh8 upgrade example rpm e everything packages gone hit reset button boot redhat cdrom admin rescue mode delete config files left like etc install format single partition im installing hack details theory accurate rh want destructively install elimate existing files youre really better backuping placed know youve hand edited installed files thats etc root home reinstall cleanly formating put home files back place youre ready go thats moment usually realize nifty tweak file etcsysconfignetworkscripts special parameters added etcmodulesconf entry look backup make change thing get stuck grubconf files although theres etcgrubconf link actually bootgrub may want copy special kernel parameters save pass pcibiosbiosirq one computers work example hth matthias matthias saou world trade center edificio norte 4 planta system network engineer 08039 barcelona spain electronic group interactive phone 34 936 00 23 23 _______________________________________________ rpmlist mailing list httplistsfreshrpmsnetmailmanlistinforpmlist wed 2 oct 2002 185728 0200 use new apt null rh8 upgrade