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Idea #2055: should be able to reinstall os w/o losing everything

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #34: Install with LVM and separate /home by default.
Written by walter_j the 1 Mar 08 at 05:45. Category: Installation. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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xp could reinstall the os years ago w/o reformating the hd. i've had to reinstall kubuntu 2x after disasters - no idea what went wrong, but had to reinstall and losing all data. i had a backup, but still: shouldn't it be easier to reinstall?
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Written by walter_j the 1 Mar 08 at 05:45.
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MakotoTheKnight wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 05:50
A new surge that's taking place is for the data to have its own separate /home partition, instead of placing everything inside of /. That way, when you have to reinstall, you can just do that without having to even touch your data.

dsargeant wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 05:57
Maybe Ubuntu should make a partition for /home automatically.

walter_j wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 08:11
i wondered about that when installing. no way i could figure out how though (noob). trying ubuntu now and love it. i think comiz created a lot of my crashes. wish it was easier to use

gcc wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 14:48
Windows filosophy?

solid_liq wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 00:04
Separate partition for /home is a new idea? New when, in 1971? It's just not done be default for ubuntu, and that's the problem.

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 01:22
Change nothing. The existing system is fine.

Backup tools are FREE and easily available via Synaptic, or just CRON and a script. The system is usually stable enough.

If you experiment with bleeding edge bling without a backup...you lose all your data.


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