+1 <div class="gmail_quote">2010/10/28 Daniel Gross <<a href="mailto:daniel.gross@utoronto.ca">daniel.gross@utoronto.ca</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hello, I have finally taken the plunge and installed the latest Ubuntu instead of Windows XP (while still running Windows xp in a VM). 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. Also, during (re)installation, Ubuntu could recognize the existence of a data partition that includes a home folder, and suggest configuring itself accordingly. Taking this idea a step further, perhaps its possible to also preserve the packages that were installed, so that these remain intact in the data partition also. Perhaps a better name for the data partition could be "User" partition, which includes all user configured, tailored, created data. As opposed to the System partition which includes the base OS only, and that can be reinstalled at will. thanks, Daniel -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div>