Re: Recovering Deleted Files -was- data loss problems

From: Quizzical (jyvg_at_hjv.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:16:01 GMT

Kevin Nathan wrote:
> On Mon, 03 May 2004 14:52:12 +0100
> Tony Wilkins <sadjack45@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I've now put
>> /home on a separate hard drive
>
> That's how I've been running for several years, now . . . :-)

Wouldn't it be good enough just to put it on a separate /logical/ drive?
That way you could format and re-install Linux numerous times without
affecting your data, and system-related problems wouldn't affect your data
either. No?

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