Can anyone confirm this? It makes sense I guess, as if you elect not to format the partition it wouldn't need to overwrite your home folder, although I would like to try it first with a dummy virtualbox install.
Yann, although your suggestion may improve the original statement, it is *technically *not incorrect as it stands (it still does allow you to easily reinstall without touching /home), so we will probably leave as is for this release. We'll check it out and maybe re-visit for 10.10 release. Thanks for the info, JaminDay On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jer...@bicha.net> wrote: > Yann, that is amazing. I knew that previously Linux wouldn't let me > install without repartitioning the hard drive. I'll have to try this > out. Thanks! > > Google Translate does a good job of converting the article to English; > too bad it's blocked in my country (but Google Chrome manages to get > around this automagically with its built-in translator interface). > > Jeremy > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Yann Ubuntu <yannubu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > The following paragraph is incorrect: > > > > "It can also be used to create a separate /home partition. This can be > > very useful in > > case you decide to reinstall Ubuntu, as it allows you to format and > reinstall > > the operating system, whilst keeping all your personal files and program > > settings intact in a separate partition." > > > > Explanation: Since Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, it is possible to reinstall Ubuntu > > keeping /home folder intact, even if the /home is inside / . You just > > have to partition manually and set / in the old / partition (and keep > > the same login/password, and same file format). For those who > > understand French, see http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/reinstallation_ubuntu. > > I don't know where the English equivalent is. (if needed I can > > complete the English wiki, just tell me). > > > > So if you want to talk about separate /home, I propose the following : > > "It can also be used to create a separate /home partition. This can be > > useful in case you use several GNU/Linux distributions on the same > > computer, allowing you to share the same personal files and program > > settings between them." > > > > By the way, the most frequent use of manual partitionning IMHO is for > > creating dual-boot, when the default dual-boot options are not > > satisfactory. I think to mention it would be more usefull for beginers > > than the separate /home. > > > > Regards, > > Yann - ubuntu-fr team > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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