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| From | "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD |
| Date | 2019-06-14 19:18 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <gmi37fF8m6rU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <qdu5oe$kkp$1@dont-email.me> <gmgo9gFu4fuU1@mid.individual.net> <op.z3c7zyfpa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <gmhugqF7m99U1@mid.individual.net> <20190614183635.26aea493@nx-74205> |
On 14/06/2019 18.36, Aragorn wrote: > On 14.06.2019 at 17:58, J.O. Aho scribbled: > >> On 14/06/2019 10.17, David W. Hodgins wrote: >>> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:05:52 -0400, J.O. Aho <user@example.net> >>> wrote: >>>> On 13/06/2019 20.47, Soviet_Mario wrote: >>>>> I have thought of SYMLINKING. >>> >>>> Why? Never thought of using the correct path instead when you >>>> mount the directory? >>> >>> There are many applications that default to using ~/Downloads or >>> other subdirectories in /home/$USER. It's easier to use a short >>> script once after each installation, that replaces those >>> directories with the symlinks to the directories in the data >>> mounted file system, than to remember to change the locations in >>> every one of those applications, on every install. >> >> Why not use bind mount the directory you want to be home? The more >> proper way of doing things. >> >> /your/local/disk/subfolder /home none bind 0 0 >> >> or >> >> remotemachine:/path/to/share /home/ nfs4 defaults,noatime 0 0 >> >> bind mounts will fail if the source is missing, symlink can cause >> random locks > > btrfs solution: I do use btrfs myself too, but I have encountered some distributions which has failed to install with btrfs on the root file system, but generally I have just ditched those. > > Personally, I wouldn't do any of the above, because having multiple > distributions on a single storage medium — or, indeed, on a single > computer — can often lead to unpredictable situations, even for an > experienced user. There are alternative ways to solve it, I would most likely go with a container, then you don't have to reboot just each time you want to switch. btrfs comes really handy together with lxc/lxd. -- //Aho
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Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-13 20:47 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-13 17:35 -0400
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-14 00:01 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-13 19:28 -0400
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-13 19:23 -0500
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-14 10:29 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD marrgol <marrgol@address.invalid> - 2019-06-14 02:13 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-13 23:45 -0400
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-06-14 07:34 -0400
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-14 09:59 -0400
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-15 13:08 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-06-15 11:58 -0400
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-15 23:10 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-13 18:49 -0500
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-14 07:05 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-14 04:17 -0400
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-14 17:41 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-14 15:58 +0000
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-14 18:04 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-14 17:58 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-14 18:36 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-14 12:01 -0500
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-14 19:18 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-14 20:11 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-14 21:44 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-18 12:50 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-18 21:50 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-19 13:10 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-19 21:57 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-14 19:22 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-14 20:02 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-14 17:36 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-14 10:50 -0500
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-14 15:55 +0000
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-14 22:29 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-14 20:52 +0000
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-15 02:07 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-15 01:30 +0000
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-15 08:59 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-17 19:43 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-06-15 19:47 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-17 02:05 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-16 20:23 -0500
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-06-18 13:52 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-18 18:36 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-18 12:04 -0500
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-18 21:37 +0000
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-06-20 23:31 +0200
Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-21 10:25 +0200
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