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Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

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On 11/30/18 8:45 PM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, November 30, 2018 08:32:23 PM Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 11/30/18 3:47 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
>>> Having lately been successfully "mount -B" ing my
>>> /var/cache/apt/archives hoard, I can now easily see having those
>>> (~/Documents, ~/Downloads, et al) each remaining as their own separate
>>> directories on a secondary partition. Fstab would then be asked to
>>> step-by-step put each of them to work as a singular entry connected up
>>> at each reboot...
>>
>> Cindy, I advocate using /opt for that very reason. I leave /home/user
>> alone. I create /opt/user directory and fill it with the usual
>> /home/user directories, such as Documents, Downloads, Music, Videos and
>> the like. Those directories contain ther actual files and are safe if
>> root partition gets clobbered or the OS becomes too wonky from
>> installing all the things. CLEAN re-install also cleans screwed up
>> config files in the home dot-files/directories, that you really do not
>> want to keep. . I've done this since the Caldera (pre-RedHAT IPO) era.
>> "Nary a burp in the barrel." as they used to say in Popular Electronics.
> 
> Why bother with /opt -- iirc, /opt is for optional software, not user data.
> 
> I simply create a top level directory (often using my initials, e.g. /abc for
> my user data  (~/Documents, ~/Downloads, et al -- i.e., /abc/Documents, ...).
> 
> /opt may get filled with stuff that I don't want to treat as (my) user data.

True true, but you may select the /opt partition from the install menu 
and not re-format it. Once you boot into your fresh install, /opt is 
correctly mounted and by making the necessary links from /home/user to 
/opt/user you have a fully repopulated home directory. I also have 
.mozilla and .thunderbird down there for safe keeping as well. A fresh 
re-install is very painless. Been doing this successfully for almost 20 
years. Ric


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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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[OT?] home partition vs. home directory Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 18:20 +0100
  Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-30 18:30 +0100
    Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 21:50 +0100
      Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2018-11-30 22:40 +0100
        Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-12-01 03:50 +0100
          Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2018-12-01 21:10 +0100
      Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-12-01 02:40 +0100
        Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-12-01 02:50 +0100
          Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-12-01 03:30 +0100
            Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-12-01 04:20 +0100
            Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-12-01 09:00 +0100
              Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-12-01 16:10 +0100
    Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-12-01 03:20 +0100
    Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-12-02 21:10 +0100
  Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2018-11-30 18:30 +0100
    Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-12-01 10:30 +0100
      Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-12-01 15:20 +0100
  Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Michael Thompson <michaelw.thompson@icloud.com> - 2018-11-30 18:40 +0100
    Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-11-30 20:00 +0100
      Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-11-30 20:20 +0100
        Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-11-30 22:30 +0100
      Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-12-01 01:30 +0100
        Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2018-12-01 03:40 +0100
        Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-12-01 16:10 +0100
          Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-12-01 17:30 +0100
          Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-12-01 18:30 +0100
            Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-12-01 21:10 +0100

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