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10.4: Move Users directory to another partition
I spazzed. After 10.3, this changed to not being as reliable if you had more than one disk. I now use the UUID to identify each drive in /etc/fstab, in other words, the entry in /etc/fstab looks like this:
10.4: Move Users directory to another partition
I seem to recall a hint here on using UUIDs with fstab.
10.4: Move Users directory to another partition
A quick script I wrote for those too lazy to open Disk Utility or run diskutil... As usual, run at your own risk, don't use it if you don't understand it...
# This script gets the UUID for a given volume name on OS X
10.4: Move Users directory to another partition
This is exactly the way to do it. In fact, as part of every new machine I build for my clients, I include the following in the /etc/rc.local script (note that my 2nd partition is named "Data" by default):
10.4: Move Users directory to another partition
I'm glad to see someone posted a reference to /etc/fstab using UUID over LABEL. Are there any drawbacks to the UUID approach? My Boot and User partitions are on the same drive with RAID 1 mirror. I had thought I tried the UUID approach and ran across a problem.
10.4: Move Users directory to another partition
Using LABEL is fine if you NEVER rename the drive. LABEL looks for the named disk. UUID NEVER changes (even if reformated)! |
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