Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] Keeping the /home folder when reinstalling.

[Alfredo Hernández <aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't mind having a fresh install. I can move my files via a external HD, I don't have a big amount of files anyway.

Probably I didn't express my self very well. I have always used a /home partition, but the post I linked before suggests that there's no need at all of doing that, as modern Ubuntu releases let /home folder within / untouched when reinstalling (aka upgrading via LiveUSB) the system.

If that's the case, what's the real advantage for a user of having /home in a separated install? I've always used it just to keep my personal files when reinstalling, but the post suggests there's no need at all of doing this. 

Cheers,
Alfredo

On 23 Feb 2014 03:14, "Tim" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 23/02/14 12:26, Alfredo Hernández wrote:

I'm planning to buy a Dell XPS 13 and install Ubuntu GNOME (of course) and want to have my /home in a separated partition. But having a look at this answer (http://askubuntu.com/questions/379205/installing-programs-in-root-vs-home-partitions), I've just read Ubuntu (and by extension Ubuntu GNOME, I think) lets you keep your home folder when rinstalling the system (aka updating via the LiveUSB instead of the update manager).

First of all, you don't necessarily re-install when switching to new hardware (unless you want to of course). You can quite easily just clone the installation from your current laptop to the new one and it will boot just fine (just disable any binary GPU blobs, if GPU's differ)

My question is very simple. Does our installer let the user do this as well?

Our installer is the same as Ubuntu's. You can select a /home partition during install (and keep all data in it). I don't think the installer can handle moving your existing /home contained within /, to a seperate partition though, so you will need to do this manually first.

Has anyone used it before to share his/her experience?

I have pretty much always run with a separate /home partition and never had any problems re-installing etc. The only things to really watch out for is when sharing that /home partition between different distro's or versions in a dual-boot setup, where you can end up with conflicting configurations on your (shared) user account.

Cheers,

Alfredo.

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