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... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
