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ok..thanks..this will be handy info for later
What do you mean by faster access?
you mentioned that if my new dsl.staff directory was made persistant it would auto mount the partition..I would like the partition to auto mount without changeing any thing currently happening ..thus just adding it to a list..so persistant$home bash_profile requires a sudo /mnt/hdc1/directory entry? how do I access persistant$home bash_profile..or is it bash_profile @ $home taged persistant...yes I am a moron.
.running out of time to play and have to go back to work..spent three weeks 8-10 per day to get this far..guess I could just click mount and add the three dockables after boot but wanted at least to get the auto mount..still have to test useability..have had several freeze ups with opera and bever online and drag for copy past the view window in the browser goes scroll crazy....thus my desire to get clear on auto mount at boot. so I can document how to reinstall and make all the changes.. at a later time..I will forget if I do not...hopeing faster machine will cure freeze when I reinstall..solve the drag to copy issue..and I'm good to go.
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.
Oh yes..I see..faster is faster..and only one click achives this..and after reboot it lists as file and if mount(one click) becomes accessable directory..very handy..and thanks for the extra on the persist..
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