force knx live hd install use /home part?

[Taavi Burns]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 08:44:52AM -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> Does anyone know if knoppix 3.3 live (hd install) can be forced to use 
> different partitions? The debian-knoppix user list is being rebuilt so I 
> can't post there. This is not critical. I only wanted this so that if 
> there was aever a problem with my / directory I could re-install without 
> formatting my /home directory. However I do have an hdb drive and a 
> networked second machine that I can back up /home to if a separate /home 
> directory is impossible in knoppix live hd install/ I just want to know.

You can also manually move the /home/* files to /dev/hda7 and adjust the
/etc/fstab file to automount /dev/hda7 to /home. Next time you install,
you'll just have to update /etc/fstab.  :)

Not the "perfect" solution, but it certainly works.

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