On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 8:21 AM Richard Owlett <rcowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> I am not upgrading in place. > > I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a > different partition. > > I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain on > its current partition. > > I'm aware of cautions about upgrading in-place cf > [ > https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > ] > > Are there things to be aware of when using the same /home partition on > both? > My approach to this is to create (and use) a separate Partition, which I call /bighome. When I create users (I use several, based on Function), I separately create a Directory on /bighome, and change its ownership to the User. Each Partition has its own /home, but mainly for the .dot files. Anything that is likely to be long term is on /bighome. This /bighome has survived from Squeeze to Bookworm, as well as a number of Ubuntu releases. Hope this helps. Kenneth Parker
