Idea #5715: Install without formatting

Written by steve196 the 25 Mar 08 at 21:04. Category: Installation.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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During install offer the option to not format the / partition, but instead delete and recreate all directories, that have a special role in the system (like /bin, /usr, /etc and so on) and leave those, that the user himself created for other purposes, as well as the /home directory alone.

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pante wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 22:55

This would avoid the need of a separate /home partition.

+1

jflaker wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 23:39

Wouldn't you need to reassign ownership and reapply permissions to the folders that were left on the system?

sounds do-able

rorymccann wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 12:36

I like this idea.

But, what about /var (eg /var/www/) and the like?

Endperform wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 16:37

Any user-created things are usually in home. Maybe offer the option to create a separate /home directory in a more visible location.

drinkypoo wrote on the 9 May 08 at 20:37

also:
preserve etc (archive?)
preserve anything worthy in /var by moving it somewhere
preserve /usr/local by leaving it alone
preserve /opt by moving it somewhere? hard to say, because users use it (autopackage) and Ubuntu also uses it. (I think?) If Ubuntu doesn't use it, leave it alone.

kd7tck@msn.com wrote on the 8 Jun 08 at 21:03

have it check the install diff and allow anything not in the list to be preserved. A option to place all preserved data in a separate folder mind come in handy.

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