Hi, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, this is a feature request. > > Debian related distros like POP!_os and ElementaryOS, when the system is > installed in one partition: I mean inside "/", have the ability to recognize > the previous installation and reinstalling the system without erasing the user > folders already existing, so you can reuse your actual existent user. It would > be a nice feature having the same on Debian; for desktop installations this > eliminates the necessity to have partitions separated while you can reinstall > your system several times for whatever reason. Even macOS has this feature > since a very long time.
The debian-installer supports similar use case via the "separate partition for /home" approach. Holger -- Holger Wansing <[email protected]> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
