On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:21:18 PM Ali Linx wrote: > > 2- If you don't have /home partition, you will lose your settings, etc > > (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken). > > > > > > You are mistaken. > > I have systems that have been upgraded to 12.04 from as far back as 7.10. > > There's really almost never a reason to reinstall. > > Hmm, then are you saying this is wrong? > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving > > Setting up /home on a separate partition is beneficial because your > > settings, files, and desktop will be maintained if you upgrade, > > (re)install > > Ubuntu or another distro. This works because /home has a subdirectory for > > each user's settings and files which contain all the data & settings of > > that user. Telling Ubuntu to use an existing home partition can be done by > > selecting "Manual Partitioning" during the installation of Ubuntu and > > specifying that you want your home partitions mount point to be /home, > > *ensure you mark your /home partition not be formatted in the process*. > > You should also make sure the usernames you enter for accounts during > > installation match usernames that existed in a previous installation. > > From my understanding, having /home will help you to upgrade smoothly > without losing anything :) > If you don't have /home, I'm not 100% sure what could happen. > > That was my point :)
Yes. It's wrong. Even if you reinstall Ubuntu, it will recognize and preserve and existing home directory. The one case where that is correct is if you install a different distro. There are reasons why you might want /home on a different partition, but they are mostly, IMO, obsolete. There is zero need to put /home in a separate partition for upgradeability. Scott K > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com>wrote: > > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 05:50:12 PM Ali Linx wrote: > > ... > > > > > 2- If you don't have /home partition, you will lose your settings, etc > > > (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken). > > > > ... > > > > You are mistaken. > > > > I have systems that have been upgraded to 12.04 from as far back as 7.10. > > There's really almost never a reason to reinstall. > > > > Also, unless someone mails you the installation media, you'll have to > > download > > that, so reinstalling will not save bandwidth. It's also not faster if > > you > > include the time needed to download the installation media. > > > > Scott K > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > > Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality