default partition scheme without /home - why ?

[Benny Amorsen]

Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> writes:

> Benny Amorsen wrote:
>>
>>> What about a separate /usr, or a separate /var?  These can both be
>>> quite beneficial,
>>
>> What are the benefits of separate /usr and /var? I can think of two:
>> 1) one partition getting full doesn't affect the rest of the system
>> 2) hard links aren't possible across partitions
>>
>> Are there others? Disk quota could help with 1), and is 2) really a
>> great benefit on the desktop?
>
> The big one is that when you reinstall (which every fedora user should
> have done 8 times already with no end in sight), you can tell the
> installer not to format your /home partition and keep your own data.

I haven't actually tried reinstalling. My current laptop was installed
around FC3.

Anyway, I was talking about /usr and /var, not about /home.


/Benny