@Brian: No, I checked twice, I reinstalled 11.10 twice (only tried it once with Ubuntu 12.04 from daily-live), every time I ended up with my HOME partition void of the old content. I haven't tried what you just said, but I am pretty sure that if I simply install Ubuntu in the root partition, I will be able to mount the HOME partition with no problems. I can try it if that is going to help, but my main concern is with setting the HOME partition to mount by default as the home directory...
I am open to trying anything you feel might help you figure this out. As a side note, I am having for the first time issues with my graphics drivers (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/987949). I know it seems like a wild guess to correlate one issue with the other, but that might be a possibility. ** Description changed: - I installed both Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 with a separate partition for - the root and home directory. I chose to only partition the root - directory. + I installed Ubuntu (applies to both 11.10 and 12.04) with a separate + partition for the root and home directory. I chose to only partition the + root directory. After installation, I always ended up with a HOME partition with deleted contents! I just lost all the data therein without warning, which IMO is not something to take lightly. I can understand why it is necessary to restructure from scratch the HOME directory, but I see no reason whatsoever as to why the existing contents should not be backed up under a new directory ($HOME/OLD or whatever). Or at least informing the user about what is coming up before he finalizes his choice! Anyways, the whole Idea with a separate HOME partition is to be able to reinstall distributions without having to backup your data. If the Installer cannot be 100% trusted about not messing with your files, backing it up is unavoidable, and a separate HOME partition is rendered more or less useless... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 24 20:57:18 2012 InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987956 Title: Installer Deletes Contents from Separate HOME partition without WARNING! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/987956/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
