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

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Daniel Hollocher wrote on 05/11/10 15:20:
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>>>> That is a common misconception. Reinstalling Ubuntu on the same
>>>> partition doesn't lose the user's data either.
>>>>
>>>> A problem that is both real and more interesting, is working out why
>>>> so many people have that misconception, and how we can correct it.
>...
> I imagine you would have to make it part of the gui of whatever
> installer supports it if you wanted more people to use the feature.
> Otherwise, it is a bit too complicated to communicate to people.
>...

That's a good point.

Up till now, to get this effect, you had to use the advanced
partitioning step, choose to use the existing root partition, but choose
not to format it. That was pretty obscure.

Today Evan Dandrea, the installer maintainer, has been working on making
in-place reinstallation one of the basic installation options.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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