On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 04:29, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/5/12 Alan Pope <a...@popey.com>: >> 2009/5/12 Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com>: >>> The key thing is to keep your /home directory tree on a separate >>> partition. That makes re-installing much less painful and fiddly. >>> >> >> Not really. You can reinstall over the top these days and it will wipe >> everything except /home - even if it's all on one partition. This >> gives you the benefit that having /home in a separate partition has, >> but with the added benefit of not having to maintain extra partitions, >> and the possibility of having space in the "wrong" part. >> >> Not for everyone, some people like separate partitions for /home, just >> pointing out you don't have to, to get that benefit. > > Oh, really? I didn't know about that. When did it come in & what's it > called? I'd like to go and do some digging and reading...
Hardy. See https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubiquity-preserve-home for detail. Dean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
