root and /home partitions

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On 6/2/05, Alexander Kirillov <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> alex Wrote:
> > Somewhere, I came across something about using a large separate
> > partition for /home and a smaller one for the system root.
> > Unfortunately, I've lost track of that document. Under what condition
> > is
> > it worth the bother of setting /home in its own partition instead of
> > leaving it in the system root?
> >
> > alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-users mailing list
> > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> 
> Also for reinstalling: if, at some moment, you decide to wipe Hoary
> and install a different version of Ubuntu (instead of upgrading) or a
> different Linux distro, having /home as a separate partition allows you
> to keep it.


Mount /home on a usb drive and always have it wherever you go. :)

--
> Alexander Kirillov
> 
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> 



-- 
Regards,
Russ
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20050602/07a87152/attachment.html>