/home partition

[Matthew Flaschen]

Allen Meyers wrote:

> have goggled a bunch on this home partition
> thing and I did not accept it originally on the live CD option.

I do highly recommend a home partition.

>Please advise and if it a re-install and accept from live CD well
advise as well, but I do want
> a functioning home partition and do what I must do to maintain it's
> functionality.

Backing up and reinstalling would certainly be easiest for a new user.
My theory on repartitioning is that lossless repartitioning is possible
(http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/04/01/095755.php) but it's never
guaranteed. So, you have to backup first, and if you're going to backup
first...you might as well blow everything away.

As far as advice, not sure exactly what you're asking.  It always helps
to paste in your current partition layout when asking such questions.  Run:

sudo parted /dev/sda print

That will print your partition table.  Then, we can give more informed
advice.

Matt Flaschen