On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 21:49, Markus Huber wrote: > CB schrieb: > > > Sorry, yes, I meant mounting *as* /home/username, so not only my docs > > but also all the config directories (/home/.*) get shared between the > > machines (not simultaneously, of course). Any idea why mounting an > > external drive as /home/username isn't possible? > > Maybe it is possible. I suppose during installation Fedora has to > recognize the external disk so that it can get the mountpoint /home. If > that is possible, then there is no problem using an external drive as > /home directory. > > What I am absolutely not sure about, if it is possible to change the > mountpoint /home on a running system. Somebody else have to help about that. > > I am thinking of changing the /home directory to another partition, but > yet have not found a solution how to do it on a running system, so I > personally would be interested in expert answer on that as well. > > Regards > Markus Just mount the external drive as username under the /home directory. Don't replace the entire /home directory/file system. You may also want to look at NIS+. I have not done this before but I seem to remember that with NIS+ when you log into a system you could have it use NFS to mount your home directory on any system you log into. Lookup the NIS automount options for doing this. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. -- La Rochefoucauld
