install while keeping /home - updated

[Peter Gordon]

Croombe F. Pensom wrote:
> My best experience of this is since I installed a second HD and kept
> my /home on that all the time. So, whenever I have to re-install (due to
> a new version or the occasional crash after I've tried to something
> complicated under root) my /home is left intact with all my data files
> and settings [...]

+1 on this. Separating /home from the rest of the filesystem is most
definitely a Very Good Thing(tm). (Especially if it's on a second hard disk,
then if your primary disk goes ka-put, you still retain your user's data and
configuration. Though, this should not preclude you from proper backups,
just in case! ^_^)

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Peter Gordon (codergeek42)
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