On Sat 17 Mar 2018 at 17:32:00 (-0500), Dennis Wicks wrote: > I have separated my /home file system from root so I can > install new systems without clobbering it.
Which presumably means you have moved it to a separate partition. > To make it most > useful is there any way I can mount, link, whatever, it so > that it appears to be an extension of, or included in, > /home? One would normally add a line to /etc/fstab like: LABEL=myhome /home ext4 errors=remount-ro,defaults 0 2 or: UUID=4a4e352f-2180-4083-92b4-f46e4e0104b4 /home ext4 errors=remount-ro,defaults 0 2 with the appropriate filesystem type (ext4 here). Then do # mount -a > That is not just another mount on the root fs. I'm not sure what you mean by this, because that is exactly how a separate /home normally is mounted. But I'll hazard a guess: The filesystem on the partition labelled myhome (using the terminology above) should have top-level directories with names like adam, brian, carl, etc, ie the usernames. It should *not* have home as its top-level directory or you'll end up with /home/home/adam etc when it's mounted. Cheers, David.
