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Topic: /ramdisk/home vs. /mnt/hda3/home directories, Differences between home directories

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jhsu

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Posted: July 09 2007,03:04

I know that the first home directory is on RAM while the second is on my hard drive. I noticed that the contents of the dsl directory on the RAM get updated more frequently than the contents of the dsl directory on the hard drive. Why is this? Shouldn't both home directories have the same contents?

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

mikshaw

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Posted: July 09 2007,03:49

Is this a situation where you're setting a persistent home directory with the boot option "home=hda3"? If so, there should be no difference or delay, since /mnt/hda3/home/dsl is mounted to /home/dsl (which i believe is a link to /ramdisk/home/dsl).

It might be an issue with your file manager not updating its display.

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jhsu

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Posted: July 16 2007,01:03

I used AddUsers to add <username> some time ago. There is a /ramdisk/home/<username> directory, but there is NO /mnt/hda3/home/<username> directory. Why? And why does /home point to /ramdisk/home instead of /mnt/hda3/home?

And why are there two home directories? I want my home directory to be on my hard drive, not RAM. Having two different home directories is confusing.

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

jhsu

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Posted: July 16 2007,01:15

My current cheatcodes:
title DSL
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3
initrd /boot/minirt24.gz

What do I need to change?

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Current cheatcodes:
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal home=hda3 opt=hda3 restore=hda3 root=hda3

mikshaw

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Posted: July 16 2007,01:16

There are two home directories because you are using the boot option "home=hda3" but have added a new user. Although you didn't answer that question, it seems that's the only answer. A persistent home in DSL is NOT a persistent /home directory. It is a persistent /home/dsl directory. Any users you add to the system will still be in /ramdisk/home.

The persistent home is targeted toward a frugal installation, which in turn is targeted toward a single-user system. It is assumed (or so I assume) that if you are adding users then you probably have a traditional harddrive install. A frugal DSL isn't really equipped to handle extra users.

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