On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:57:50 +0100 Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello > > David Palmer. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I've been reading different partitioning howtos but can't find any > > reference to a situation I thought I would like to install. > > It's probably a newbie idea, but I wondered if it would be possible to > > have system partitions on one drive, and posting to /home on another. > > Yes, it is possible. If you do not yet have installed Debian, create the > two partitions (you can do this during the installation). Next format > and mount them. The installation program lets you choose where you want > to mount your partitions, choose /home for the home partition. > > If you already have installed Debian, create a new partition, format it > (for example with mke2fs if you want to use ext2 or ext3). Next, mount > it somewhere, move your stuff from /home to the new partition (/don't/ > move the home dir itself there, only it's contents), unmount it and > remount it in /home. Now all you have to do is to add a line to your > fstab to have it mounted at boottime automatically. > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > Thank you Paul, Andreas, Miernik and Ron. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
