Hi again,
> I should also point out (because I gave out misinformation on IRC in a
> moment of inattention) that this only works when you're using the manual
> partitioner and select a partition to mount as /, or equivalent. If you
> use the automatic partitioner and select "use entire disk", then
Hi Colin,
> I presume that you did not instruct the installer to format the old
> /home partition? (If you did, then why?)
Actually yes, and I never realised how dumb it was until I read your
message. I just was used to formatting before installing, so I guess I
never gave it any thought.
So, wh
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 04:47:46PM +0200, David Prieto wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> > I should also point out (because I gave out misinformation on IRC in a
> > moment of inattention) that this only works when you're using the manual
> > partitioner and select a partition to mount as /, or equivalent. I
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:05:00PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 09:57:58AM +0200, David Prieto wrote:
> > Hi Colin,
> > > I presume that you did not instruct the installer to format the old
> > > /home partition? (If you did, then why?)
> >
> > Actually yes, and I never rea
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 09:57:58AM +0200, David Prieto wrote:
> Hi Colin,
> > I presume that you did not instruct the installer to format the old
> > /home partition? (If you did, then why?)
>
> Actually yes, and I never realised how dumb it was until I read your
> message. I just was used to form
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 23:47 -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 00:33 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > I presume that you did not instruct the installer to format the old
> > /home partition? (If you did, then why?)
> >
> > If not, then that's a very serious bug. Please report it
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 00:33 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:51:29PM +0200, David Prieto wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> > > > Ubiquity can now install onto a partition that has an existing home
> > > > directory without deleting it. It just removes the system directories.
> >
>
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:51:29PM +0200, David Prieto wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> > > Ubiquity can now install onto a partition that has an existing home
> > > directory without deleting it. It just removes the system directories.
>
> Do you have to do anything special for that to work? I usually kee
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 21:51 +0200, David Prieto wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> > > Ubiquity can now install onto a partition that has an existing home
> > > directory without deleting it. It just removes the system directories.
>
>
> Do you have to do anything special for that to work? I usually keep
>
Hi again,
> > Ubiquity can now install onto a partition that has an existing home
> > directory without deleting it. It just removes the system directories.
Do you have to do anything special for that to work? I usually keep
my /home in a separate partition, but I have another partition with som
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:51:59PM +0100, Sam Tygier wrote:
> David Prieto wrote:
> > Some time ago, I posted this idea on Ubuntu Brainstorm, about the
> > possibility to use a separate /home folder by default on systems where,
> > depending on free disk space, it is considered advisable.
>
> The
David Prieto wrote:
> Some time ago, I posted this idea on Ubuntu Brainstorm, about the
> possibility to use a separate /home folder by default on systems where,
> depending on free disk space, it is considered advisable.
The main reason for a separate home seems to be so that you can do a clean
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