A basic 'newbie' question

[Tim]

On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:01 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I don't see any advantage in having /home on a separate drive,
> as opposed to a separate partition (which I would always do).

On a separate drive it's very easy to change a system, completely, and
not have to do anything to protect your data beyond disconnecting the
drive.  When it's a partition, you have to be careful to keep your
partitions as they are when updating.

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