2009/7/16 Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]>: > Ken Moffat wrote: > >> For a desktop, a >> separate /home (and space reservedfor the _next_ LFS) also >> simplifies subsequent rebuilds (although that can be awkward >> if people want to share /home with distros). > > Why is it awkward? The only change needed is to make the correct entry in > fstab. It's the same as for /boot. > > In fact, I have: > > /dev/sda5 / ext3 defaults 1 > 1 > /dev/sda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 > 2 > /dev/sda3 /boot ext3 defaults 1 > 2 > /dev/sda9 /opt ext3 defaults 1 > 2 > /dev/sdb1 /usr/src ext3 defaults 1 > 2 > /dev/sdb2 /home/vmware ext3 defaults 1 > 2 > /dev/sda6 swap swap pri=1 0 > 0 > > The only thing I need to change for a new LFS is the first line. > > -- Bruce On debian and ubuntu installs, the first regular user (me) wasn't always uid 500 which is what I've had from (ancient) rh-derived installs. Not owning your own files is "interesting". There may also be differences in the groups.
ISTR there were also occasional problems with how something in a dotfile in ~/ was set up, probably .bashrc or even .kderc but it's been many years since I did anything serious using a distro. If you only ever use at most *one* non-LFS distro on a box, probably no big deal (just go with the same ownerships as they use). ĸen -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
