On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Michael Hennebry
> <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Make /home , /var and /opt soft links to directories on /onebigpartition .
>> I've done similar when I wanted /home off the root partition,
>> but did not want to give it its own partition.
>> I tried to do a rebind, but could not make it work.
>
> I've done that after installs, but for /var at least it requires
> copying the contents to the target of the symlink before switching and
> a reboot after the change to make everything use the new location.
> I was wondering if it is possible to make the installer set it up that
> way in the first place - that is, with /var, /home, and /opt sharing
> space in a filesystem other than the root.
Mine was post-install also. Neve tried it otherwise.
You might try this:
Make the desired /home , /opt and /var directories empty.
Make the desired root partition empty except for soft links.
Tell the installer not to format the root partition.
Maybe it will do the right thing.
--
Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical
reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young
goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods
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