Feature suggestions: optionally placing home folder into separate partition during ubuntu install

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:19:54 -0600
Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:45:48 -0700
> Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 01:39:09PM -0700, George Farris wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 16:24 +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> > > > Daniel Gross wrote on 28/10/10 01:01:
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> > > > > It would be great if a tool existed that supports moving the home
> > > > > folder from the "boot" partition to a "data" partition. Ideally, the
> > > > > tool would support creating a data partition by resizing the boot
> > > > > partition, as well as recommending a minimum size for the data
> > > > > partition based on the size of the home folder.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ideally, i think, such a setup could already be suggested during the
> > > > > Ubuntu installation process. Perhaps, under an "advanced setup" heading
> > > > > -- removing the need to move the home partition. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The main benefit for such a setup, is that it allows reinstalling
> > > > > Ubuntu without loosing the users data, which would be safely sitting
> > > > > in a separate data partition. 
> > > > >...
> > > > 
> > > > That is a common misconception. Reinstalling Ubuntu on the same
> > > > partition doesn't lose the user's data either.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > It sure is if I choose to format the partition!!!!
> > 
> > As you would if you chose to do a fresh install or to install a different
> > distro.
> > 
> 
> I believe the default now is to not format on a fresh install. You have
> to actually tell it to do the format, otherwise, it simply erases
> the /etc and other root partitions and runs the install on top of the
> installed release. That way /home does not get erased.

Well, bad wording here. it does not erase partitions, but rather, it
erases directories. At least, on the installs I tested with Ubuntu and
Xubuntu 10.10.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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