how do i redefine the default installation locations ? say i'm installing Kubuntu & my chosen acronym is KU/ & /KU/home for the home partition i realize that my system would then be essentially have multiple OSs but each installation would have it's respective / & /home but they would simple be renamed /KU/ & /KU/home or recurse the DIR structure up 1 level to incorporate the OS description i specify (KU) BTW: im retrying to install NVidia drivers & kernel sources, i will NOT be betten
Why are you using KU? I've never heard of installation acronyms, AFAIK everything is installed under /, the actual partition being up to the user.
no, i think you misunderstand i'm wanting to redefine mount points so, currently, a system installs on 4 partitions / mount points / /boot /home swap however i want to define different mount points for /home & /, or possibly rename .kde in my ~, to then allow multiple distros to use the same /home using KU was an example of how to use ultiple distros for example: /KU/ could be my defined acronym for Kubuntu & /KD/ could define the partition / mount point for KDE on Debian e.g. the first letter defines the Window manager & the second defines the distro hope ive explained it better now
No, but I think I get your point. Have you actually tried it? When you install, you need to create and mount a seperate root partition for the new installation. Then you can choose to mount the partition you are already using for /home in the existing installation as /home for the new installation. In Debian the partitioning tool allows you to manually edit the partition table. Choose the partition currently used as /home. Choose to use it, not format it!!!! Choose to mount it as /home. I do not think the partitioning tool cares what is already on the partition as long as you make sure you choose not to format that partition!!! I could be and may be wrong but the new isntallation will write new files it needs to write or it will use existing ones. I think the risk is that the new installation might use "older" configuration files which you might not wish to use like desktop setttings etc... I am intrigged - let us/me know.....
not fully, i have tried using /kuhome as my Kubuntu /home mount point, :doh: in theory it may redefine the /home mount point if i simply edit my fstab, sorry for the confusion, my fault, i specified /home but meant ~ will do BTW: do you happen to know redefine .kde in ~ to allow multiple distros to use the same /home mount point so, all distros can access .swiftdove (mail client) in my ~ while having multiple KDE distros use the same /home mount point BTW thankies saba Edit: yes, you are correct
