On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 11:15 AM Richard Owlett <rcowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> On 04/21/2022 08:39 AM, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > 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. > > > > Sounds interesting. Do you have multiple versions of Debian installed at > the same time or have you upgraded a single copy of Debian several times? > All of the above. For example, on my tower, I have 9 Debians, two Ubuntu occurences, and Mint 20. This includes two Bullseye occurrences, one on xfce and one on KDE. But there is only one /bighome, used by all of these. > Hope this helps. > > > > Kenneth Parker >
