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Old 23rd October 2019
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Default Can't preserve /home on reinstalling 6.6 release

I've just (re)installed 6.6 on a laptop. My previous /home was at /dev/wd0k.

While reinstalling, I told disklabel to modify /dev/wd0k. It didn't offer me the option not to mount the partition but I put "none" for the mount point, which seemed to work.

After rebooting I inserted a line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/wd0k /home ffs rw,nodev,no suid 1 2

This causes an error message on boot:
mount dev/wd0k on /home: Invalid argument

The same thing happens if I run the command manually.

I know this method of saving /home worked for me some time ago. Has something changed in 6.6 which prevents it working? Have I missed a step?

I can reconstitute /home if necessary without too much hassle (it's not my main computer) but I'd like to find out what's happening.
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There shouldn't be a space between "no" and "suid" in the line you inserted in /etc/fstab.
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Sorry - that was a typo in my post here. It's correct in my fstab.

But I think I've found what's wrong: I ran fsck on /dev/wd0k and it finds problems with superblocks.

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Just for completeness, in case anyone was having doubts: preserving /home during 6.6 installation works like a charm. Yesterday I performed a fully automated 6.6 installation incl. preserving /home. Works great, plus it's fun having the computer do all the work.
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Old 29th October 2019
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You used to select u (upgrade) instead of i (install) if I remember right, but my attempt at installing 65 & 66 didn't work, so not sure if anything has changed in that regard.
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No. Instead, you a) ensure you are using the existing disklabel and that b) you are NOT assigning your preexisting /home partition.

Backups are always recommended.
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