> 2- If you don't have /home partition, you will lose your settings, etc > (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken).
> You are mistaken. > I have systems that have been upgraded to 12.04 from as far back as 7.10. > There's really almost never a reason to reinstall. Hmm, then are you saying this is wrong? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving Setting up /home on a separate partition is beneficial because your > settings, files, and desktop will be maintained if you upgrade, (re)install > Ubuntu or another distro. This works because /home has a subdirectory for > each user's settings and files which contain all the data & settings of > that user. Telling Ubuntu to use an existing home partition can be done by > selecting "Manual Partitioning" during the installation of Ubuntu and > specifying that you want your home partitions mount point to be /home, *ensure > you mark your /home partition not be formatted in the process*. You > should also make sure the usernames you enter for accounts during > installation match usernames that existed in a previous installation. >From my understanding, having /home will help you to upgrade smoothly without losing anything :) If you don't have /home, I'm not 100% sure what could happen. That was my point :) On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 05:50:12 PM Ali Linx wrote: > ... > > 2- If you don't have /home partition, you will lose your settings, etc > > (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken). > ... > > You are mistaken. > > I have systems that have been upgraded to 12.04 from as far back as 7.10. > There's really almost never a reason to reinstall. > > Also, unless someone mails you the installation media, you'll have to > download > that, so reinstalling will not save bandwidth. It's also not faster if you > include the time needed to download the installation media. > > Scott K > > -- > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > -- *Best Regards, amjjawad* *https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/* Lubuntu One Stop Thread <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755>| My Launchpad <https://launchpad.net/%7Eamjjawad> | My Ubuntu Forum Profile<http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=941822> **
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