Re: firefox-37, where to put
Hi.
On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 03:16:15 -0400
Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Friday 03 April 2015 02:22:52 Reco wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:37:18 -0400
> >
> > Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 02 April 2015 19:20:50 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 02 April 2015 22:35:29 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > > /home is just a directory on / here since the broken
> > > > > installer will not do it any other way.
> > > >
> > > > I know that it has been said before, but there may be people new
> > > > to the list reading this. I used the same "broken" installer, and
> > > > my /home is separate from /.
> > > >
> > > > Lisi
> > >
> > > I appreciate that you have done that Lisi, but this hybrid.iso from
> > > linuxcnc.org, downloadable from a link right one on the front page,
> > > and using the wheezy repos for updates, simply cannot be beaten into
> > > submission to do that.
> >
> > So, um, don't use this image, or something? The real debian installer
> > lives here anyway:
>
> That install media installs a special RTAI patched 2.6.32 kernel, patched
> to do close to microsecond accurate realtime control over lathes and
> milling machines and other such machining centers with as many as 9
> axis's to control. Even stopping some of these machines in the event of
> an error can take several milliseconds, but must be done as quickly as
> possible, it might be a human getting chewed up. One over in Cincinnati
> even gets recorded on the uni's seizmograph when it does an emergency
> stop. The work table itself is 26 feet long and weighs IIRC 44,000 lbs.
> Heap big fellow IOW.
>
> My stuff is hobby sized & less than 250 lbs, but the principles are the
> same. Precise control if you want the work to be done precisely.
Don't blame Debian installer then. I suspect those RTAI guys didn't
stop at replacing kernel ;)
> > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current
> >/images/
>
> I'll get that when the new drives arrive.
>
> > Besides, nobody forbids you to create a separate filesystem for /home
> > after the install.
>
> I assume only by mounting a new drive at some temporary location, copying
> all the installed data from /home to it, then fixing fstab to mount that
> drive on top of the existing /home directory? I have done that in the
> past, but not in the last half decade as drives are outrageously big
> now.
More-or-less yes. You forgot to mention emptying old home, but all
needed stuff is there.
> This also I think assumes the use of a LABEL=wheezyhome or some
> such non-confusing name.
That's one way of doing this. You can also use UUID, plain-old device
names (/dev/sdb1, or something), or /dev/disk/by-id if you want to be
on the safe side.
> While blkid's are generally good too, I have
> actually had the ID string change by having a new drive already in
> service that was running on crutches, and a firmware update to fix the
> drive foobared its blkid. That makes me a bit wary of using the blkid's
> to mount stuff.
Yup, UUIDs are clunky :)
Reco
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