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[Jamin Day <jaminday+ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can anyone confirm this? It makes sense I guess, as if you elect not to
format the partition it wouldn't need to overwrite your home folder,
although I would like to try it first with a dummy virtualbox install.

Yann, although your suggestion may improve the original statement, it
is *technically
*not incorrect as it stands (it still does allow you to easily reinstall
without touching /home), so we will probably leave as is for this release.
We'll check it out and maybe re-visit for 10.10 release.

Thanks for the info,

JaminDay

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yann, that is amazing. I knew that previously Linux wouldn't let me
> install without repartitioning the hard drive. I'll have to try this
> out. Thanks!
>
> Google Translate does a good job of converting the article to English;
> too bad it's blocked in my country (but Google Chrome manages to get
> around this automagically with its built-in translator interface).
>
> Jeremy
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Yann Ubuntu <yannubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > The following paragraph is incorrect:
> >
> > "It can also be used to create a separate /home partition. This can be
> > very useful in
> > case you decide to reinstall Ubuntu, as it allows you to format and
> reinstall
> > the operating system, whilst keeping all your personal files and program
> > settings intact in a separate partition."
> >
> > Explanation: Since Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, it is possible to reinstall Ubuntu
> > keeping /home folder intact, even if the /home is inside / . You just
> > have to partition manually and set / in the old / partition (and keep
> > the same login/password, and same file format). For those who
> > understand French, see http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/reinstallation_ubuntu.
> > I don't know where the English equivalent is. (if needed I can
> > complete the English wiki, just tell me).
> >
> > So if you want to talk about separate /home, I propose the following :
> > "It can also be used to create a separate /home partition. This can be
> > useful in case you use several GNU/Linux distributions on the same
> > computer, allowing you to share the same personal files and program
> > settings between them."
> >
> > By the way, the most frequent use of manual partitionning IMHO is for
> > creating dual-boot, when the default dual-boot options are not
> > satisfactory. I think to mention it would be more usefull for beginers
> > than the separate /home.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Yann - ubuntu-fr team
> >
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