mikshaw
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Posted: Mar. 07 2006,15:48 |
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Faster access means you could get to it quicker. Most applications will start in the current directory when you open a file selector, and the current directory is usually /home/dsl. If you have the symlink /home/dsl/archive1, which points to /mnt/hdc1/archive1, you will be able to get to it through a gui more quickly. You'd start in $HOME and just need to go down into 1 directory (archive1). Without the symlink you'd need to go to it through /mnt/hdc1/archive1. It's not a huge leap, but it saves a couple of clicks.
As far as persistent files go, I was saying that IF you are using a persistent home, and IF that persistent home is on the same partition as archive1 (hdc1), then you would not need to mount the partition. It would already be mounted in order to use the persistent home (as specified in the boot option "home=hdc1"). If you are not using a persistent home, or if the persistent home is on a partition other than hdc1, you will need to mount hdc1 either manually or from a startup script. If you use backup/restore, that startup script would probably be /opt/bootlocal.sh. If you use a persistent home, that startup script could be /home/dsl/.bash_profile, and it would work without needing backup/restore (everything in $HOME would persist after a reboot).
If you specify a persistent home when you boot, it is created automatically if it does not already exist.
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