[SWLUG] Install without losing data

[peter]

I wonder if anyone could give me some advice, please?

I have a SuSE 9.3 Pro installation that is an upgrade from 9.2 Pro.  
Since the upgrade a number of things have gone pear shaped, mainly in 
terms of being able to install updates to software.  I suspect there's 
some problem with the rpm database, but I've not been able to repair it.

What I'd like to do, therefore, is to reinstall 9.3 Pro, but I don't 
want to lose the data in my home directory when I do that.  Is there any 
way that I can create a new partition (without hosing everything I've 
got) and relocate my home directoy on it: and can I then reinstall into 
the original partition without messing up the new one?

Thanks

Peter