Hi. On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 03:16:15 -0400 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Friday 03 April 2015 02:22:52 Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:37:18 -0400 > > > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > On Thursday 02 April 2015 19:20:50 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Thursday 02 April 2015 22:35:29 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > /home is just a directory on / here since the broken > > > > > installer will not do it any other way. > > > > > > > > I know that it has been said before, but there may be people new > > > > to the list reading this. I used the same "broken" installer, and > > > > my /home is separate from /. > > > > > > > > Lisi > > > > > > I appreciate that you have done that Lisi, but this hybrid.iso from > > > linuxcnc.org, downloadable from a link right one on the front page, > > > and using the wheezy repos for updates, simply cannot be beaten into > > > submission to do that. > > > > So, um, don't use this image, or something? The real debian installer > > lives here anyway: > > That install media installs a special RTAI patched 2.6.32 kernel, patched > to do close to microsecond accurate realtime control over lathes and > milling machines and other such machining centers with as many as 9 > axis's to control. Even stopping some of these machines in the event of > an error can take several milliseconds, but must be done as quickly as > possible, it might be a human getting chewed up. One over in Cincinnati > even gets recorded on the uni's seizmograph when it does an emergency > stop. The work table itself is 26 feet long and weighs IIRC 44,000 lbs. > Heap big fellow IOW. > > My stuff is hobby sized & less than 250 lbs, but the principles are the > same. Precise control if you want the work to be done precisely. Don't blame Debian installer then. I suspect those RTAI guys didn't stop at replacing kernel ;) > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current > >/images/ > > I'll get that when the new drives arrive. > > > Besides, nobody forbids you to create a separate filesystem for /home > > after the install. > > I assume only by mounting a new drive at some temporary location, copying > all the installed data from /home to it, then fixing fstab to mount that > drive on top of the existing /home directory? I have done that in the > past, but not in the last half decade as drives are outrageously big > now. More-or-less yes. You forgot to mention emptying old home, but all needed stuff is there. > This also I think assumes the use of a LABEL=wheezyhome or some > such non-confusing name. That's one way of doing this. You can also use UUID, plain-old device names (/dev/sdb1, or something), or /dev/disk/by-id if you want to be on the safe side. > While blkid's are generally good too, I have > actually had the ID string change by having a new drive already in > service that was running on crutches, and a firmware update to fix the > drive foobared its blkid. That makes me a bit wary of using the blkid's > to mount stuff. Yup, UUIDs are clunky :) Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150403104711.8674a5dec254c6fa27dc1...@gmail.com
