Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :)

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On 16/06/2019 19.59, Soviet_Mario wrote:
> 
> This thread is related to the one of "moving home"

Why all these threads about the same thing? Is this thread 3 or 4 about 
moving home.

> Assume that I had moved it successfully
> 
> I have (simplifying to the minimum)
> sda: Debian (with /)
> sdb : HOMES
> (with subfolders :
> * Debian/home/Mario_1 dedicated config files of former debian/home/mario,
> *  MX/home/Mario_2, empty
> * SharedDocuments (full of common data)
> )
> sdc : swap (now for Debian, tomorrow for every distro)
> sdd : Empty

> 
> I'd like to Install MX Linux on sdd: (all of it), but I'd like to 
> have MX/home not on sdd: but on sdb: (Homes) ... but, and this is 
> my main worry, besides use it as is (no formatting) I would want 
> sdd:/home/Mario  to be placed in sdb:"/home/Mario_2, 

It's possible, but messy to have a home directory name other than the 
user name, the problem you will encounter is that the graphical 
interface that you install with will most likely not support this.

I do suggest you make your installation, without chaining anything. When 
you do the first boot of your newly installed distro, boot into single 
user mode.

  1. Mount the /dev/sdd to /mnt
  2. move the /home/<username> to /mnt/Mario_2
  3. adjust your fstab to mount /dev/sdd to /home
  4. adjust the passwd to have /home/Mario_2 as your users home directory
  5. reboot

You could of course use bind mount the /dev/sdb/home/Mario_2 to 
/dev/sdd/home/<username>

> I have never seen such options on any installer ... is it there some way 
> to do this on install (choosing mount point manually) ? It would avoid 
> moving later ...

If you use the command line installer, then you can use useradd to 
create your user and set the home directory location with the option -d

> I dunno if I've been clear :\
> I used the A, B, C, D windows-like designation for shortness, in place 
> of some /dev/sda etc

Not when you mess things up with microsoft, make it unclear, did some 
assumptions and fixed your text.

-- 

  //Aho

Thread

another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-16 19:59 +0200
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-16 21:26 +0200
    Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-16 20:13 +0000
      Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-16 23:01 +0200
    Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-17 13:11 +0000
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-16 23:05 +0200
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-16 18:51 -0500
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-17 13:07 +0000
    Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-17 16:34 +0200
      Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-17 10:03 -0500
        Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-17 10:08 -0500
      Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-17 16:19 +0000

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