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. > > > > 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 some > > spare gigs to try Intrepid. This morning I reinstalled Ubuntu in that > > partition and it destroyed the previous /home folder. > > 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 as soon as > possible with all relevant details, including /var/log/installer/syslog > and /var/log/installer/partman.
The paragraph quoted says that the partition into which Intrepid was installed had a /home *folder* not *partition*. It was said in response to someone saying that a separate partition is not needed because the installer no longer destroys /home directories inside the / partition. Obviously, the installer did delete the /home directory and not just the system directory. -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo
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