I've lost Ubuntu after formatting my c:

[saqib_khan]

OK, will try when i get my 8.10 cd, thanx.

 

[infra_red_dude]

And now when you install Ubuntu 8.10 again, make another partition for /home so that any future upgrades will only erase the OS and not your personal data.

 

[saqib_khan]

ok

 

[NucleusKore]

And now when you install Ubuntu 8.10 again, make another partition for /home so that any future upgrades will only erase the OS and not your personal data.

Does the Ubuntu installer give the option of directly mounting the existing /home without formatting?

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ Yes, it does during install.

 

[NucleusKore]

Ok, is this option new in 8.10? Don't remember having it in 8.04

 

[infra_red_dude]

No, you could do that in almost any Linux distro. You can just tag in any of the partitions as /home during install. You don't need to format it. Also if you create the same username in the new install the "old" /home/<username> automatically becomes your "new" home with all settings preserved

 

[NucleusKore]

Ok I used to do that in SUSE, somehow never managed to get the option, in Ubuntu, of mounting without formatting at install. Will try sometime again.