Subject: Re: 1.4 install without repartitioning?
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/13/1999 09:38:55
You should be at least able to use 'install additional sets'
David/absolute
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Jukka Marin wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 11:26:19AM -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > > Then I tried the fresh install option, but it wants me to repartition
> > > the disk which I do not want to do.
> >
> > Why not. If you have done a newfs then there is nothing to save.
>
> Yes there is ;-) I don't want to type in the partition information again
> to get the same partitions on the disk. The /, /usr, /var, /home, and
> swap partitions I have are good enough for me, so why should I enter the
> cylinder numbers again?
>
> > Is
> > thereanother OS on the drive that you are trying to protect?
>
> There's a small DOS partition for hibernation mode.
>
> > I think
> > that the install program lets you keep other partitions unchanged.
>
> Yes. Except for the NetBSD partitions. It wants me to do it all over
> again. :-(
>
> Oh well, I guess it's easier just to untar the tarballs manually..
>
> -jm
>