Re: Users, Partitions, and Panther Question
Mark, A quick question: do you want one partition devoted solely to Users? I mean, are you seeking to get a Users volume mounted on the desktop like Macintosh HD or whatever your boot volume is named? I'm assuming that you do. You need to use /etc/fstab which became support in Jag. Should still work. Let me know if you need the dirty details. And yes, you'll still need to use NetInfo to do it properly. On Mar 2, 2004, at 1:11 AM, markemmanuel wrote: Hi guys. I just installed Panther in the first 6GB of hard drive space and the rest is empty waiting to be used for something. I really would like to move the User folder into the second partition kind of like when I was messing with Linux a few years ago. My problem is that I have no idea how to set up MacOS X to use the entire partition to put user folders into it and when I make new accounts it would create the user space in the second partition. I've been doing it the dirty way and using Net info for the two users I've made so far. So now, in netinfo, the I changed home from '/Users/username' to /Volumes/volumename/username'. Ideally, I'd like to see volumename mounted at root like a DVD or a floppy would. So, the file path would like like this... '/volumename'. Any helpful advise? Thanks. --markemmanuel ___t_h_e_w_o_l_f_p_u_p_._c_o_m_. Markemmanuel F. Rodriguez http://www.thewolfpup.com/ . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Users, Partitions, and Panther Question
On Mar 1, 2004, at 11:11 PM, markemmanuel wrote: Hi guys. I just installed Panther in the first 6GB of hard drive space and the rest is empty waiting to be used for something. I really would like to move the User folder into the second partition kind of like when I was messing with Linux a few years ago. My problem is that I have no idea how to set up MacOS X to use the entire partition to put user folders into it and when I make new accounts it would create the user space in the second partition. I've been doing it the dirty way and using Net info for the two users I've made so far. So now, in netinfo, the I changed home from '/Users/username' to /Volumes/volumename/username'. Ideally, I'd like to see volumename mounted at root like a DVD or a floppy would. So, the file path would like like this... '/volumename'. Any helpful advise? Thanks. See here http://www.bombich.com/mactips/homedir.html to move /Users to a separate partition, and to make it the default. You create a symbolic link /Users to the new /Volumes/Newusers partition. No need to mess with fstab. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Users, Partitions, and Panther Question
Yes, I just want the partition devoted soley to Users On Mar 2, 2004, at 8:00 AM, Phil Burk wrote: Mark, A quick question: do you want one partition devoted solely to Users? I mean, are you seeking to get a Users volume mounted on the desktop like Macintosh HD or whatever your boot volume is named? I'm assuming that you do. You need to use /etc/fstab which became support in Jag. Should still work. Let me know if you need the dirty details. And yes, you'll still need to use NetInfo to do it properly. --markemmanuel ___t_h_e_w_o_l_f_p_u_p_._c_o_m_. Markemmanuel F. Rodriguez http://www.thewolfpup.com/ . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Users, Partitions, and Panther Question
Hi guys. I just installed Panther in the first 6GB of hard drive space and the rest is empty waiting to be used for something. I really would like to move the User folder into the second partition kind of like when I was messing with Linux a few years ago. My problem is that I have no idea how to set up MacOS X to use the entire partition to put user folders into it and when I make new accounts it would create the user space in the second partition. I've been doing it the dirty way and using Net info for the two users I've made so far. So now, in netinfo, the I changed home from '/Users/username' to /Volumes/volumename/username'. Ideally, I'd like to see volumename mounted at root like a DVD or a floppy would. So, the file path would like like this... '/volumename'. Any helpful advise? Thanks. --markemmanuel ___t_h_e_w_o_l_f_p_u_p_._c_o_m_. Markemmanuel F. Rodriguez http://www.thewolfpup.com/ . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
