Thanks so much [member=5414]firenice03[/member] ! OK I will try it like you said and I will see what happens.
To answer your questions, yes /home is part of sda1 and I understand it will be reformatted. Everything in my current home directory AND in the sda6 is backed up on an external hard drive, so it's not a problem if I do something wrong during the install. Still, I'd like to keep the sda6 so will try what you said.
As it's getting late where I am, there's a chance I might not get it done tonight, but will try it first thing tomorrow! Very excited to do this! Also, if this works as hoped, it'll make it easier for any subsequent fresh installs I do later along the line.
UPDATE - IT WORKED!!
Thanks so much! I could see the volume and mount it. I was able to access all the data on it too. Marking as solved. It REALLY helped that you said:
... because during in the install process, I kept wondering "shouldn't I be trying to DO something with sda6??" but I reminded myself you'd said not to touch it, so I left it alone, and sure enough your method worked. This will REALLY help me for future installs.
To answer your questions, yes /home is part of sda1 and I understand it will be reformatted. Everything in my current home directory AND in the sda6 is backed up on an external hard drive, so it's not a problem if I do something wrong during the install. Still, I'd like to keep the sda6 so will try what you said.
As it's getting late where I am, there's a chance I might not get it done tonight, but will try it first thing tomorrow! Very excited to do this! Also, if this works as hoped, it'll make it easier for any subsequent fresh installs I do later along the line.
UPDATE - IT WORKED!!
Thanks so much! I could see the volume and mount it. I was able to access all the data on it too. Marking as solved. It REALLY helped that you said:
(11-28-2018, 02:30 AM)firenice03 link Wrote: Yes just don't touch sda6..LOL ;D ;D
... because during in the install process, I kept wondering "shouldn't I be trying to DO something with sda6??" but I reminded myself you'd said not to touch it, so I left it alone, and sure enough your method worked. This will REALLY help me for future installs.
Using Linux Lite for everything now. I put it on my desktop and my laptop. Woohoo!