Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Ubuntu installer should install three partitions automatically, with the
/home/-folder as an dedicated standard partition:
1) / (root)- partition: 40 GB diskspace (at least 10 GB)
2) swap-partition: 2 GB diskspace (at least 1 GB)
3) /home/ – partition: the diskspace remains (at least 20 GB)
The reason for a preparing a dedicated /home/-partition is, that you can later
make a fresh OS reinstall easily. The user must only boot with the Ubuntu
installation disk and start the installation procedure. If the user has a
dedicated /home/-partition, all his personal data is even at a OS
reinstallation safely stored.
Without an existing dedicated /home/-partition, the user has to prepare
a dedicated partition manually, and has to move his folder "/home/"
manually by using several cryptic terminal commands. That is for the
average user lots of work, unsecure and difficult and even frightening
for him.
Ubuntu can avoid that mess if a dedicated /home/-partion is suggested
and prepared on first OS installation by the Ubuntu installer as
standard.
Moreover, with todays installation procedure, the user can mount the dedicated
/home/-partition easily. This can be automated by Ubuntu-installer.
Ubuntu-installer should recognize an existing dedicated /home/-partion and
should ask the user if this partion has to be mounted as „/home“ .
After finished reinstallation procedure with a Ubuntu installation disk,
the user has a fresh OS and he can immediate (re-)use his personal data
without retardation.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 10 14:38:22 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.43-generic
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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Setup always dedicated /home/-partition with Ubuntu-installer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447986
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