On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 09:45 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 01:30 AM, F. Jilek (o) wrote:
on 15.9.2003 13:03, Peter da Silva at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since you have other drives you probably don't want to mess with much OS 9 on the 18G SCSI, maybe a <1G partition for safety. Then give half the rest to the OS X system partition and the rest to a user partition (in case you need to trash and reinstall the system cold, you don't want any of your own files there).
That remebered me about question whether and how I can tel OS X on which
drive I would like to have application folder and my home folder in order
not to mix System and other files.
Is it possible?
See <http://www.bombich.com> for details on doing it.
I read somewhere that it's possible to move virtual memory swap file to
other disk. Is it safe? I'm also going to get 18 GB SCSI HD.
Yes, there are also directions for moving the swap file also on the Bombich site.
The only folder that seems resistant to moving is Applications; people have tried the same thing as the Users trick with it, but System updates have wiped out the symbolic link and recreated an actual applications folder.
There are often multiple ways to accomplish a task, which one you use then becomes a matter of taste. I have found it beneficial to keep what takes time to set up, i.e. personal preferences etc. (users), separate form what often changes (system files etc.). Rather than write a script or fool around with a command line I have used what Apple already has provided.
Thusly: 1) Copy your user folder to where you want it - but do not remove the original yet.
2) Open Netinfo Manager (found in ~/Applications/Utilities)
3) Find 'users' in the middle column, click on it and your username should appear in the third column
4) click on your username and a list of data appears in the lower panel called 'properties'
5) scroll down to 'home' and you should see where your home directory is located.
6) unlock by giving your admin. password
7) replace '~/Users/yourhomefolder' with 'Volumes/name of (disk/directory) where your homefolder is/Users/yourhomefolder
8)save changes
9) log out and in again
10) test that it works by saving something to your documents folder. If the saved item is found in the right spot (relocated user folder) it worked.
11) catalog the disks - the userfolder in uses will have the icon, the unused will have been 'deblessed'
12) you can now remove the userfolder on the OSX partition.
Many words for what is really a simple straightforward task. Just be careful with spelling and capitalization, Unix is an unreconstructed teacher - you only get points if it is right, none for trying or getting close.
peace
sg
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