08-19-2014, 09:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-19-2014, 09:07 AM by gold_finger.)
Glad you got it sorted out.
Will look into possible better emphasis in Help Manual.
Size? 2-5GB should be fine, but may vary depending on your exact setup and how you do things. If you kept the "Desktop" folder in /home/username and you tend to temporarily save/put things on the desktop, keep that in mind as possible guide for the size of /home. Eg. If you try to download a large 4GB ISO file to the Desktop (instead of Downloads folder on the Data partition), but only made /home 2GB -- the download will fail due to lack of space.
Naming? You should not be creating the partition as "/home/username" -- partition should just have mount point of "/home". (Trailing "/" makes no difference -- "/home" and "/home/" mean same thing.) The system will put all users' home directories under /home automatically, giving you /home/username. Eg. If computer is used by two people -- "me" and "you" -- then directories "/home/me" and "/home/you" will be created in "/home" for each user. (NOTE: You may want to increase size of /home partition if you will have more than one user on the computer.)
(08-19-2014, 06:06 AM)m654321 link Wrote: The problem I had appears to be due to be me incorrectly using 'Y' in response to being asked to upgrade to the maintainer's newer version, instead of using the correct default option of 'N'....
I recommend that, within the installation guide, or even as a banner on LL's website home page, the use of default option of 'N' should be very clearly highlighted.
Will look into possible better emphasis in Help Manual.
(08-19-2014, 06:06 AM)m654321 link Wrote: I have a question on the size for separate /home/username partitions for LL & the other distro in a dual-boot set-up.
Also when I create the separate home partitions, should they be named /home/username or /home/username/ (slash also after 'username')
Size? 2-5GB should be fine, but may vary depending on your exact setup and how you do things. If you kept the "Desktop" folder in /home/username and you tend to temporarily save/put things on the desktop, keep that in mind as possible guide for the size of /home. Eg. If you try to download a large 4GB ISO file to the Desktop (instead of Downloads folder on the Data partition), but only made /home 2GB -- the download will fail due to lack of space.
Naming? You should not be creating the partition as "/home/username" -- partition should just have mount point of "/home". (Trailing "/" makes no difference -- "/home" and "/home/" mean same thing.) The system will put all users' home directories under /home automatically, giving you /home/username. Eg. If computer is used by two people -- "me" and "you" -- then directories "/home/me" and "/home/you" will be created in "/home" for each user. (NOTE: You may want to increase size of /home partition if you will have more than one user on the computer.)
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