I am addressing another case, the one you have not separated partitions
for /, /home and swap.
As a matter of fact if the installer is able to recognize the home
folder having /home separated in another partition is not necessary
anymore. The advantage respect having the /home separated, specifically
for a desktop use are noteworthy.
If the installer, instead of creating /, /home and swap, creates just /
and a swap file and if is able to reinstall itself without overwriting
the home folder I think is a huge improvement. As a matter of fact if
you reinstall Debian, even with /home in another partition, there is not
any assisted aid that explain you how to properly setup the /home
partition. Having the system partitioned is already a setup for advanced
user.
Thanks,
D.
On 9/27/19 6:45 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 05:19:06PM -0400, Daniel wrote:
Holger Wansing wrote:
The debian-installer supports similar use case via the "separate
partition for /home" approach.
to reinstall Debian on top of itself without overwriting the home partition.
Yes, that is what Holger is telling.
Groeten
Geert Stappers
