> > I imagine this could be very inconvenient for me when switching > > distributions. I always have / and /home on the same partition. If > > I > > want hypothetically to go from let's say Ubuntu to Fedora, I delete > > all files except /home and then select that partition for /. If you > > force me to format that partition then I can't easily switch to > > Fedora, because my /home is huge and I have no external space to > > back > > it up. > > Why not have /home as a separate partition? This is the classic > reason > for doing so. I mean, what you're doing in the above is basically > 'faking' a /home partition. > -- > Adam Williamson Because I never saw reason to do so. Having / and /home on the same partition saves you from problems with insufficient disk space in one place and too much space in the second place. The only concern I ever had for my layout is whether the next distro installer would be smart enough to let me skip formatting of the / partition. Therefore I'm not thrilled to see Anaconda go the other way. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
