default partition scheme without /home - why ?

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 19:06:56 UTC 2008


Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:31:25AM -0500, Benjamin Kreuter wrote:
>> I can think of a good reason for a separate /home:  upgrade paths.  I know we 
>> are getting better at it, but it can still be problematic if one tries to 
>> install over a previous installation, and it is usually pretty smooth to just 
>> format / while leaving /home intact.
> 
> +1

But that means you need to guess relative sizes for / and /home or offer 
some understandable choices.

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   Les Mikesell
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