Hey thanks for the link Roy! (And thanks for top posting. lol) I'm not
very comfortable with doing custom installations at install time, but I
will follow the instructions provided in the link you sent.
Justin
Roy wrote:
>
>
> When you install or from an already installed distribution?
>
> When you install you choose choose to do a custom installation. You
> partition your drive or if already partitioned you use one of them.
> For your
> root file system you use one partition. Format it in your favourite
> format,
> ext3 or ext4. You set the mount point to /. You choose another partition.
> Choose its file format, but only tick it to format if you want to start
> fresh. Set the mount point as /home.
>
> When you choose your user name and password it will set that name as your
> home folder under /home. BTW, /home still appears in the root
> directory, but
> its location is actually on a separate partition. When you click on
> /home in
> your file manager it will be linked to your home partition.
>
> If you have an existing installation you can move /home to another
> partition
> but it is a little trickier. See:
> https://help.
> <https://help.
>
> Much of this work can be done without resorting to the commandline using
> gparted and Users and groups administration tools.
>
> Roy
>
> 2009/10/25 Drmgiver <drmgiver@gmail.
>
> >
> >
> > Ubuntu is what I use and I love it. I have recently downloaded the
> > release candidate of 9.10 and I have never seen a quicker, more powerful
> > Linux before, I have a feeling you will love it. Now, unfortunately I
> > do not know how to do a lot of custom things like having your home
> > folder in a separate partition. But I hardly ever use anything else but
> > Ubuntu. I do use Windows every so often when I want to play a certain
> > risque 2d MMO (lol Gee I wonder what that is) but usually I am in
> > Ubuntu. On another note, that raises a question. How do I set home
> > folder to a separate partition?
> >
> > Justin
> >
> >
> > Jim Tillman wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you for your help! I'm working on this and i may need you yet
> > > again as I said I'm way new to all this but I believe linux is what I
> > > want to become prolific in. To be honest I am a tad scared at this
> > > point of getting some thing wrong and crashing my computer! But I have
> > > been reading on this Ubuntu and reading the, pocket guide and
> > > reference book. Is this a good way to go?
> > >
> > > --- On Sun, 10/25/09, Roy <linuxcanuck@
> <mailto:linuxcanuck
> > > <mailto:linuxcanuck
> > >
> > > From: Roy <linuxcanuck@
> <linuxcanuck%
> > linuxcanuck%
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] new to linux, have not down loaded yet
> > > need help
> > > To: LINUX_Newbies@
> <mailto:LINUX_
> <LINUX_Newbies%
> > LINUX_Newbies%
> >
> > > Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 3:43 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Linux is a bit different from what operating system you might be used
> > > to. It
> > >
> > > allows for you to install the operating system one place and have the
> > user
> > >
> > > files elsewhere. The operating system is installed in / (called
> root) and
> > >
> > > the users's files are installed in /home.
> > >
> > > Many people find it useful to have your operating system and /home in
> > >
> > > separate partitions. The reason is that you can re-use home if done
> > > this way
> > >
> > > and never lose your data or settings if you re-install your operating
> > >
> > > system. The root file system is replaced, but the users files
> would not
> > be
> > >
> > > touched provided you elect for a custom installation and do not format
> > >
> > > /home.
> > >
> > > The file system keeps users away from your root directory and they
> would
> > >
> > > need to know the password for root to make changes.
> > >
> > > Since you will be wanting users to use separate drives this suggests a
> > >
> > > custom installation anyway. You might as well go the extra mile to
> have
> > >
> > > separate partitions for root and home.
> > >
> > > If this was my system, I would partition the larger drive so that
> it has
> > >
> > > about 20 GBs for the root file system and the in one partition
> > > formatted in
> > >
> > > ext3 or 4. The other drive I would format and set as my /home. To
> do this
> > >
> > > you format the drive in ext3 or 4 and set the mount point as /home.
> > > Use your
> > >
> > > user name and password.
> > >
> > > After installation you can then add users and give each a password,
> > > but set
> > >
> > > their /home on the unused partition of your other drive.
> > >
> > > A couple of considerations are in order. It is easier (but not
> better) to
> > >
> > > have the root partition on your first drive as that is where grub, the
> > > boot
> > >
> > > loader, prefers to reside. It can be edited or installed on the second
> > >
> > > drive, but it saves you the hassle. Therefore it might be better to
> > > use the
> > >
> > > remainder of the first drive for your other users and the second drive
> > for
> > >
> > > you.
> > >
> > > However, you don't say anything about drive size. If users are heavy
> > >
> > > downloaders you may want to re-think your placement of their /home
> > folders
> > >
> > > and partition size. You can run a distribution in 8 GBs, but if you
> > > install
> > >
> > > lots of applications afterwards, you can run out of space and
> things bog
> > >
> > > down or even crash. If it is 20 GBs for / it leaves you with space for
> > >
> > > growth. If you opt for lots of post installation (there are 35000
> > >
> > > applications or so) then you want to go larger 30 GBs or even more.
> > >
> > > Most space should be devoted to /home as most users download and
> produce
> > >
> > > lots of material.
> > >
> > > All things are possible. Well almost. My system has two drives and a
> > > over a
> > >
> > > dozen partitions. I typically have several distributions installed at
> > once
> > >
> > > and use several different /homes just for myself. It is that much fun!
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
> > > 2009/10/25 JimT <jim6440@yahoo. com>
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Guess the first thing to say is i really do not know much about
> > > computers.
> > >
> > > > and i am very interested in learning linux. I have 2 hard drives
> on my
> > >
> > > > computer and 4 users. I want to know how to do a partition to have
> > > linux on
> > >
> > > > #2 and keep #1 for all the other users. #2 has very little on it
> > > other then
> > >
> > > > what was put on it when it was installed by a computer service co.
> > > when i
> > >
> > > > bought it. I have put a few things on it myself like lanwhois,
> > auslogics
> > >
> > > > reg.defrag, google hacks and a trial of smart draw 2010. and my
> > > guess is i
> > >
> > > > can just move them to #1 if i even want to keep them. It is a MAXTOR
> > > 6Y080M0
> > >
> > > > and has 4.08 GB of used and 228 GB of unused space on it. Guess
> > > thats the
> > >
> > > > most of it, just looking for some support on this and looking
> forward
> > to
> > >
> > > > learning linux! Thank you, jim6440
> > >
> > > >
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