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 as it is on a separate physical drive and wanted to make sure /home was not corrupted by a drive error. 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAklvwTYACgkQhIBzgCf88S4CfgCg5hcUYP2RfIMbffJDdp5g+5Is > QUUAn2mwG7gj1s79hYuphGN33nW00mS0 > =XgHd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
