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As mentioned in my earlier post about Core installation problems, I am now up and running. I may have made a mistake during installation with my home partition. I have a +-900gb home partition that I always mount as /home, no formatting. Makulu created a home folder under the root folder with the normal subfolders (Documents, Downloads, Music etc.) I can access my home partition as it is listed on the desktop.
My query is, can I change my home folder (on sda4) to the home partition (sda2) without re-installing? Installing takes forever, especially with the 0.5kB/s line to makululinux.online
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It isn’t recommended to use the same home folder for all distro’s, there are user settings that are different, like XFCE settings etc, mixing them up will cause problems with the look and feel and behavior of MakuluLinux, as most of these settings are stored in files in the home folder.
But what I do is I delete the folders “Documentsa”, “Pictures”, etc, where my data is stored, and create symlinks with the same name pointing the folders on the other partition. Make sure you have setup the permissions in those folders so they can be used by all your Distro’s, as the UUID of the user accounts can be different. The User ID that gets created in MakuluLinux during installation is 1001 (1000 is used by the Live-User-ID, makulu).
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When it comes to installing a new operating system, one of the important decisions is how to partition the hard drive. And for users with a separate home partition, it is even more baffling when the installation process ignores it completely.
So why does this happen and what can be done about it?
The main reason for this is that some operating systems, such as Linux, follow their own file system hierarchy. While the /home partition is commonly used to store personal files and user-specific settings, it is not an essential part of the file system structure in Linux.
This means that during the installation process, the operating system may not recognize the separate /home partition as it already has its own designated folders for user data. As a result, the installer may not include the /home partition in the partitioning step and instead allocate all the available space to the root partition.
However, the easiest solution would be to let go of the separate /home partition and let the installation process handle the partitioning. This may not be an ideal option for those who have their personal files already stored in the /home partition, but it can save time and effort.
The presence of a separate home partition may be ignored during the installation process of some operating systems due to their own file system hierarchy. While there are various mobile app development development services in Canada, it may be easier to let the installer handle the partitioning instead.
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Yes, you can change the home folder location without reinstalling. First, ensure no user is logged in. Then, log in as root, copy the contents of the current home folder to the home partition, update /etc/fstab, and finally, reboot. I had hired an Engineer for my project and he had done the same
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