oh but...hmm..well, never mind. I do see some cases where a separate /home could be useful. Especially when you want to change your distribution.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Abhijit Paithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linux distributions have matured to a point where you can just > "upgrade" from one release to the other (unless you are changing your > distribution) without the need of a reformat. Look at Ubuntu. I don't > know if that is the case with Fedora. > > Packages also can just be 'updated'. You no longer need to "clean" the > disk. Making partitions just locks up space into partitions. > > Again, with a dual boot machine, you can easily copy your home backup > into the Windows partition if you so need. > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 7:55 PM, ഓം <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having a separate /home has it's own advantages... when you have to > > reformat (read clean) the disk etc. > > > > > > > > -- > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) > > List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail > > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. > > >
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