Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2035 mails)

[Bob S <911@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 09 September 2007 17:40, jdd wrote:
> Peter Sjoberg wrote:
> >> Is the /home as safe residing in the extended partition?
> >
> > you can have it wherever you like but you need to be careful with what
> > you do in regards to usage of it.
>
> the best way is to
>
> * have a different partition for _your data_ (not your home)
> * make you home in / (root partition) as you don't store there
> anything than config files
> * create a link in your new home to the data partition
>
> like this you can share data from different os (linux or not)
>
> and use ext3 and the native XP driver for windows
> jdd
>
Thanks jdd,

For your input. Your suggestion is noted and considered. Just have to decide 
how I will proceed once I solve my wasted space problem.

Bob S.
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