Hi Karl, I follow your logic and, yes, it would make it easier to locate. I also take your point that if the new partition is corrupted it is only that folder and not /home per se.
Many thanks for the feedback, much appreciated, Karl and Matt. David On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 11:10 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:04 +1100 > David Ryder <dava...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > > Thanks Matt and Karl. > > Karl - > > Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. > > Where would you put it and why? I would prefer not to have it in /home > > I'd mount in it to $HOME/shared (or a similar name). Its a logical > place for personal files, its under your home, so its easy to browse > to. > > > as it is on a separate physical drive and wanted to make sure /home > > raw drive (/dev/sdb) , partition (/dev/sdc2), loop back filesystem > (eg, ramdisks, or .isos), you can mount them arbitrary locations > whatever they are. > > > was not corrupted by a drive error. > > Home can be corrupted wherever it is, your just depending on a > different drive. > kk > > > Thanks -- David > > > > On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:35 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100 > > > David Ryder <dava...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that > > > > I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 > > > > installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax > > > > folders, Documents folder etc. > > > > > > > > Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either > > > > installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common > > > > > > Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. > > > > > > > 2. Enter in fstabin both systems: > > > > UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3 > > > > relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to: > > > > sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common > > > > sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common > > > > 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both > > > > systems to use (and change program paths accordingly. > > > > > > > > On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without > > > > problems? > > > > > > test it. enter all the details and run `sudo mount -a`. If theres no > > > error, `ls /3264common` and you should see files. > > > kk > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
