[PLUG] Linux + XP dual boot

[Abhijit Paithankar]

oh but...hmm..well, never mind.

I do see some cases where a separate /home could be useful. Especially
when you want to change your distribution.

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Abhijit Paithankar
<ab.devlists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Linux distributions have matured to a point where you can just
>  "upgrade" from one release to the other (unless you are changing your
>  distribution) without the need of a reformat. Look at Ubuntu. I don't
>  know if that is the case with Fedora.
>
>  Packages also can just be 'updated'. You no longer need to "clean" the
>  disk. Making partitions just locks up space into partitions.
>
>  Again, with a dual boot machine, you can easily copy your home backup
>  into the Windows partition if you so need.
>
>
>
>  On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 7:55 PM, ഓം <guru.is.on.vi at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Having a separate /home has it's own advantages... when you have to
>  >  reformat (read clean) the disk etc.
>  >
>  >
>  >
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