[Rule-list] Re:modified scripts Suggestion: Keep mount info

[chris clark]

While you're tweaking, how about keeping mount info?

If I recall correctly, during installs, the
 partitioning stage forgets mount points. Is this 
unavoidable?

Ideally, I'd like it to be able to detect the old 
mount points whenever I install over an existing 
linux system, but if that's impractical, is it at least 
possible to remember long enough to back up 
and reallocate partitions during install?

When installing over an existing linux system, why
not attempt to read /etc/fstab?

we could try mounting each linux partition as if it were either / or etc, and look for fstab.

Is this a reasonable idea?

 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Eugene Wong" <disposable_eugene at hotmail.com>
To: rule-list at mail.freesoftware.fsf.org
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 10:53:04 -0700 

I've been working on spliting the install scripts into several stages so 
that people won't have to redo the whole thing if they make a mistake.



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