sharing /home partition

Questions about Grub, UEFI,the liveCD and the installer
Forum rules
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
Locked
2handband

sharing /home partition

Post by 2handband »

I have Ubuntu 8.10 installed on a laptop and want to put Mint 6 on another partition. How can I set it up so the Mint 6 install can access the stuff I have on the /home partition?
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
DataMan

Re: sharing /home partition

Post by DataMan »

Assuming you have a unique Ubuntu home partition:
1. In the installation, select the "manual partition" option (or verbage close to that)
2. Identify the partitions that you want mounted in your new Mint ops.
2a. Select the partition where Ubuntu Home lives.
2b. Edit the partition
2c. In the mount input put something like "/media/UbuntuHome"
2d. Continue identifying the other partitions that you want mounted at time of booting Mint
3. Carefully verify your entries

Hope this helps.

DataMan
2handband

Re: sharing /home partition

Post by 2handband »

Will I have to do anything else in order to access the data?
DataMan

Re: sharing /home partition

Post by DataMan »

It should be accessible with the file manager of your choice in Mint. One note as I re-read your original post. hope you're not entertaining any ideas of "sharing" as in make one common /home between ops....

DataMan
2handband

Re: sharing /home partition

Post by 2handband »

That is what I had in mind; is it not possible?
DataMan

Re: sharing /home partition

Post by DataMan »

You can try it. My venture into this territory proved to be "less-than-desireable" (as in un-stable). If you do go forward, back things up BEFORE making the plunge.

DataMan
Locked

Return to “Installation & Boot”