[arch-general] installation using existing filesystem

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 11:30 PM, message <letter at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> 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
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>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide#Mount_the_partitions
>> ?
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> No, thanks (am reading the installation guide first! :) ). Now revealed the
> local disk structure:
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> 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.

Use lsblk
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide#Mount_the_partitions


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