<div>You're right, I had no idea that feature existed. </div><div> </div><div>Why doesn't it just reinstall when you go to upgrade?</div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas <<a href="mailto:mpt@canonical.com">mpt@canonical.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Gross wrote on 28/10/10 01:01: >... > 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. 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. - -- Matthew Paul Thomas <a href="http://mpt.net.nz/" target="_blank">http://mpt.net.nz/</a> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/" target="_blank">http://enigmail.mozdev.org/</a> iEYEARECAAYFAkzS3lEACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecoFyQCgi293WgfunRFjLNEumIqEFvZE 8fMAn29Q09tBn+onl0ni3/fgtHQp4XG+ =InlV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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>