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| From | Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Relocating many homes in subfolders of a dedicated internal HDD |
| Date | 2019-06-14 18:36 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Strider |
| Message-ID | <20190614183635.26aea493@nx-74205> (permalink) |
| References | <qdu5oe$kkp$1@dont-email.me> <gmgo9gFu4fuU1@mid.individual.net> <op.z3c7zyfpa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <gmhugqF7m99U1@mid.individual.net> |
On 14.06.2019 at 17:58, J.O. Aho scribbled:
> On 14/06/2019 10.17, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:05:52 -0400, J.O. Aho <user@example.net>
> > wrote:
> >> On 13/06/2019 20.47, Soviet_Mario wrote:
> >>> I have thought of SYMLINKING.
> >
> >> Why? Never thought of using the correct path instead when you
> >> mount the directory?
> >
> > There are many applications that default to using ~/Downloads or
> > other subdirectories in /home/$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:
This is the entire SSD
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
| /dev/sda2 | /dev/sda3 | /dev/sda4 | /dev/sda5
| ext4 | ext4 | ext4 | btrfs @
| | | | |_ @ubuntu-home (subvol)
| Ubuntu / | Mint / | Debian / | |_ @mint-home (subvol)
| ext4 | ext4 | ext4 | |_ @debian-home (subvol)
| | | | |_ @data-dirs (subvol)
| | | | |_ Documents (dir)
| | | | |_ Downloads (dir)
| | | | |_ other dirs
| | | |
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
° Ubuntu mounts @ubuntu-home as its /home.
° Mint mounts @mint-home as its /home.
° Debian mounts @debian-home as its /home.
° All distros mount @data-dirs at some mountpoint (e.g. /data) and
have symbolic links to the directories in @data-dirs in their
respective /home.
° The free space of /dev/sda5 is shared among all of the subvolumes.
Of course, he'll need a swap partition as well, but the above should be
a workable solution.
I've also left /dev/sda1 out of the overview because of line wrap, and
because I'm assuming it to be the EFI system partition, or perhaps a
BIOS partition. If his system has an MS-DOS MBR partition table in
combination with a legacy BIOS and he's not booting in UEFI mode, then
he needs neither an EFI system partition nor a BIOS partition.
Overview:
GPT + UEFI boot → EFI system partition needed
MBR + UEFI boot → EFI system partition needed
GPT + BIOS boot → BIOS partition needed
MBR + BIOS boot → no EFI system partition or BIOS partition needed
It might be advisable however to have a separate /boot partition as
well, which is shared among the different distributions. That way,
updates to GRUB from within one distro will also be reflected in the
other distros.
Additional note:
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.
And Mario is most definitely not an experienced user at all — he
never even spends enough time on solving or researching any
particular problem before he already endeavors on his next adventure
without preparation. So we can with the utmost certainty expect loads
of problems arising from his little experiments.
--
With respect,
= Aragorn =
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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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