Re: A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-05-07 Thread Richard Hector
On 11/04/13 04:23, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > ... is possible. I understand the concept of mounting > the filesystem. > > Additionally there can be a backup home directory which > stays with the machine, on a hdd for example. I imagine > that when the machine powers up without the removeabl

Re: A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 29 apr 13, 17:08:37, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Why do it that way around, rather than have your "primary" > on the local disk and your backup on the removable one? Because one may want to use it on several computers, not necessarily connected. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.o

Re: A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-29 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Why do it that way around, rather than have your "primary" on the local disk and your backup on the removable one? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2013

Re: A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 10 apr 13, 08:23:03, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > ... is possible. I understand the concept of mounting > the filesystem. > > Additionally there can be a backup home directory which > stays with the machine, on a hdd for example. I imagine > that when the machine powers up without the

Re (2): A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-10 Thread peasthope
From: Martin Steigerwald Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:23:01 +0200 > If you mount a new filesystem onto an mount point of an already mounted > filesystem, ... Please review my original posting. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456

Re (2): A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-10 Thread peasthope
From: Darac Marjal Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:32:18 +0100 > I'm not sure how you'd access the original /home/peter once you'd > mounted the removable home on top of it, ... The removeable shouldn't be mounted over the non-removeable. First unmount the non-removeable and mount it on /home/pete

Re: A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-10 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Mittwoch, 10. April 2013 schrieb peasth...@shaw.ca: > ... is possible. I understand the concept of mounting > the filesystem. > > Additionally there can be a backup home directory which > stays with the machine, on a hdd for example. I imagine > that when the machine powers up without the rem

Re: A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-10 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 08:23:03AM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > ... is possible. I understand the concept of mounting > the filesystem. > > Additionally there can be a backup home directory which > stays with the machine, on a hdd for example. I imagine > that when the machine powers u

A home directory on removeable storage ...

2013-04-10 Thread peasthope
... is possible. I understand the concept of mounting the filesystem. Additionally there can be a backup home directory which stays with the machine, on a hdd for example. I imagine that when the machine powers up without the removeable storage, the backup home directory is instated. When