Hi,
I'm soon to install Linux Mint for the first time and I wanted to check something out before I proceed. Mint will be the third OS on my laptop (another linux distro and win2k). I have a fat32 partition viewable by both current OS's and also a seperate /home partition. Does Mint allow me to keep all my existing /home files? What I'd like to do is create the same username on mint as my other distro so that even apps like Firefox, etc always have the same configuration (I was told this is easily possible). Can I do this without overwriting my current /home and /home/username files?
Thanks so much in advance. I can't wait to start using this distro.
Mint and existing /home
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Hello,
That's what I did. I have an old SUSE on one partition, /home on another and I installed Mint on a third one.
Just one thing, if your other distro is not debian-based you may have to redirect your Firefox and Thunderbird profiles, The usual folder is .firefox or .thunderbird, while in Mint it's .mozilla for firefox and .mozilla-thunderbird for thunderbird.
That's about all the problems I had...
That's what I did. I have an old SUSE on one partition, /home on another and I installed Mint on a third one.
Just one thing, if your other distro is not debian-based you may have to redirect your Firefox and Thunderbird profiles, The usual folder is .firefox or .thunderbird, while in Mint it's .mozilla for firefox and .mozilla-thunderbird for thunderbird.
That's about all the problems I had...
I don't have a solution, but I do admire the problem.
Good luck then.
Just be careful when selecting where to install - I think I had to do it manually.
Anyhow if I managed to do it - I'm a very basic user - you should be able to do it too!
Just to be on the safe side, I'd suggest a backup beforehand...
Just be careful when selecting where to install - I think I had to do it manually.
Anyhow if I managed to do it - I'm a very basic user - you should be able to do it too!
Just to be on the safe side, I'd suggest a backup beforehand...
I don't have a solution, but I do admire the problem.