RedHat 6.2 Fix

[lnx68]

Hello,

To make a long story short, someone hacked into my home computer running RedHat 6.2

I want to wipe the current install and simply re-install it. BUT, I do not want to loose my /home, /usr/, and /opt directories.

All of my files are stored in the /dev/hda5 partition. During the install, is it possible for me to choose for RedHat to go into /dev/hda5, but not format it? If this is possible, I'll go into my system using the linux rescue before the install and manually remove all of the unwanted directories in hda5 and I'll move /home to /Xhome, /usr to /Xusr, etc. This way when the new ones are created from the install, I can move what I want into the new directories.

Is all of this possible? Any insights?

[bdg1983]

That should be possible as long as you select Expert Mode install to give yourself more control over the entire installation process.

[lilrabbit129]

as long as teh directories you want to save are in different partitions, you can just go to Expert install and tell the installer to not partition those particular partitions.

[Serene]

if you have other os ,such windows,you count mount your /hm on the other partion .