linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: grub and how to delete "Ubuntu";two Linuxdistribution,I want to delete one distribution;gparted?

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Pascal" <pascal.bernhard@...> wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "highskywhy@" <highskywhy@> wrote:
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> > >> I don't use /home because some settings for one distro will not work
> > >> with another distro. In this way, I keep my home partition just for
> > >> settings then save all of my information on my /data partition.
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> Do you create symlinks to the data partition so you do not have the specify the unusual place where your files get saved?
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Yes. A simple, portable bourne shell script will do the trick on
each new OS I install. It removes the current directories and
replaces them with symbolic links to the directories on my /data
partition. No files lost, no problem.

Loyal