Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

2010-10-27 Thread Daniel Gross
Hello, I have finally taken the plunge and installed the latest Ubuntu instead of Windows XP (while still running Windows xp in a VM). It would be great if a tool existed that supports moving the home folder from the "boot" partition to a "data" partition. Ideally, the tool would support creating

Re: Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

2010-11-06 Thread Daniel Gross
GIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Daniel Gross wrote on 28/10/10 01:01: > >... > > It would be great if a tool existed that supports moving the home > > folder from the "boot" partition to a "data" partition. Ideally, the > > tool woul

Re: Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

2010-11-10 Thread Daniel Gross
On my former Lenovo notebook windows xp pro installation, Lenovo added a feature called "rejuvenate system", which restores windows xp to a baseline installation (the first backup snapshot of the system taken), while keeping all data files intact --presumably whatever is stored in My documents. Is

Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

2010-12-26 Thread Daniel Gross
to a different partition (and file system type), relates to not putting all your files in one ext4 boot partition basket. Daniel On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Daniel Gross https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss>> wrote: >* Hello, *>* *>* I have fina

Re: Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

2010-12-28 Thread Daniel Gross
Hello Phill, I think you can compare the benefit of having user folder on a separate partition to users having a backup. Most of the time a user does not need the backup. But when the unforeseen event occurs that requires a restore, then those users who have a backup will clearly benefit. Simi

Re: Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel Gross
2010 at 6:38 PM, Daniel Gross > wrote: > Hello Phill, > > I think you can compare the benefit of having user folder on a > separate > partition to users having a backup. > > Most of the time a user does

RE: Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

2011-03-09 Thread Daniel Gross
4:23 AM To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Daniel Gross wrote: > Hello, > > I have finally taken the plunge and installed the latest Ubu