[arch-general] installation using existing filesystem

[Simon Hanna]

2014-03-16 23:30 GMT+01:00 message <letter at openmailbox.org>:

> On 2014-03-16 21:58, arch-general-request at archlinux.org wrote:
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:58:03 +0100
>> From: Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [arch-general] installation using existing filesystem
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>>
>> Have you read
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide#
>> Mount_the_partitions
>> ?
>>
>>
> No, thanks (am reading the installation guide first! :) ). Now revealed
> the local disk structure:
>
> sda1 vfat, sda2 vfat, sda3 [blank], sda4 swap, sda5 ext4, sda6 ext4
>
> No mountpoints are shown. What tool is available to determine if sda5 is
> the /home directory of the previous (mandriva) installation? I want to
> perform a base installation, leaving the /home directory un-touched.
>
You can mount them and look at the contents

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