On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:04 +1100 David Ryder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Matt and Karl. > Karl - > Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. > Where would you put it and why? I would prefer not to have it in /home I'd mount in it to $HOME/shared (or a similar name). Its a logical place for personal files, its under your home, so its easy to browse to. > as it is on a separate physical drive and wanted to make sure /home raw drive (/dev/sdb) , partition (/dev/sdc2), loop back filesystem (eg, ramdisks, or .isos), you can mount them arbitrary locations whatever they are. > was not corrupted by a drive error. Home can be corrupted wherever it is, your just depending on a different drive. kk > Thanks -- David > > On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:35 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100 > > David Ryder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that > > > I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 > > > installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax > > > folders, Documents folder etc. > > > > > > Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either > > > installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common > > > > Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. > > > > > 2. Enter in fstabin both systems: > > > UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3 > > > relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to: > > > sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common > > > sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common > > > 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both > > > systems to use (and change program paths accordingly. > > > > > > On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without > > > problems? > > > > test it. enter all the details and run `sudo mount -a`. If theres no > > error, `ls /3264common` and you should see files. > > kk > > > > > > > > David > > > -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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