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

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :)
Date	2019-06-16 23:05 +0200
Message-ID	<7initf-duk.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 16/06/2019 19.59, Soviet_Mario wrote:
> 
> This thread is related to the one of "moving home"
> 
> Assume that I had moved it successfully
> 
> I have (simplifying to the minimum)
> Disk A : Debian (with /)
> Disk B : 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)
> )
> Disk C : swap (now for Debian, tomorrow for every distro)
> Disk D : Empty
> 
> 
> I'd like to Install MX Linux on Disk D: (all of it), but I'd like to
> have MX/home not on disk D: but on Disk B: (Homes) ... but, and this is
> my main worry, besides use it as is (no formatting) I would want
> "D:"/home/Mario  to be placed in "B:"/home/Mario_2, that is created SIDE
> BY SIDE another home and not rooted in the top level folder of the
> device, but in a subfolder of my choice
> 
> 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 ...

Don't.

Let each Linux installation have its own different /home directory or
partition. Do not share the /home/user directory across different
installs, it causes problems.

Instead, create another partition, say /Documents, and share it using
symlinks

/home/USERNAME/Documents --> /Documents/USERNAME/

/home2/USERNAME/Documents --> /Documents/USERNAME/

/home3/USERNAME/Documents --> /Documents/USERNAME/


I'm sure this has already been explained to you.

> 
> 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

Please don't.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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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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