I've been reading here about the benefits of a separate home partition.
Since I wanted to put both Ubuntu 12.04 and Xunbutu 12.04 on my laptop I
decided to try a separate home partition. I booted from the Ubuntu
install CD and choose the Other choice from the installation options.


I googled and found a how to to follow.

I partitioned as follows:

Primary - sda1 77GB ext4 mount point / for Ubuntu

Extended:
sda6 77GB ext4 mount point /home for home
sda7 77GB ext4 for Xubuntu
sda 86GB free space
sda5 4GB swap

I installed Ubuntu on sda1 and when it was done it did not recognize
/home as my home partition. I did some more googling and fixed that.
Then I installed Xubuntu on sda7 and when I was done it did not
recognize /home as the home partition.


Booted from Ubuntu and using the disk utility on sda6 I see /home
mounted. Booting from Xubuntu sda6 is not mounted. If I mount it it
mounts at /media/(what looks like a UUID).


The how to I followed only put Ubuntu, home and swap on the disk. Is
there something else that needs to be done to add a second OS and share
the home partition? I want to start all over so could someone tell me
what I did wrong or point me to a reliable how to that covers my situation.


Thanks, Jim


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On 29 April 2012 16:37, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes@comcast.net> wrote:
> I've been reading here about the benefits of a separate home partition.
> Since I wanted to put both Ubuntu 12.04 and Xunbutu 12.04 on my laptop I
> decided to try a separate home partition. I booted from the Ubuntu install
> CD and choose the Other choice from the installation options.
>
> I googled and found a how to to follow.
>
> I partitioned as follows:
>
> Primary - sda1 77GB ext4 mount point / for Ubuntu
>
> Extended:
> sda6 77GB ext4 mount point /home *for home
> sda7 77GB ext4 * * * * * * * * * *for Xubuntu
> sda *86GB free space
> sda5 4GB swap
>
> I installed Ubuntu on sda1 and when it was done it did not recognize /home
> as my home partition. *I did some more googling and fixed that. Then I
> installed Xubuntu on sda7 and when I was done it did not recognize /home as
> the home partition.
>
> Booted from Ubuntu and using the disk utility on sda6 I see /home mounted.
> Booting from Xubuntu sda6 is not mounted. If I mount it it mounts at
> /media/(what looks like a UUID).
>
> The how to I followed only put Ubuntu, home and swap on the disk. Is there
> something else that needs to be done to add a second OS and share the home
> partition? I want to start all over so could someone tell me what I did
> wrong or point me to a reliable how to that covers my situation.

When you were installing you should have told the first one to use
sda6 with a mount point of /home and to format it. When installing
the second you should again have said to use sda6 as /home but /not/
to format it. Then it would have left it as it is.

Colin

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On 04/29/2012 10:53 AM, Colin Law wrote:

On 29 April 2012 16:37, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes@comcast.net> wrote:

I've been reading here about the benefits of a separate home partition.
Since I wanted to put both Ubuntu 12.04 and Xunbutu 12.04 on my laptop I
decided to try a separate home partition. I booted from the Ubuntu install
CD and choose the Other choice from the installation options.

I googled and found a how to to follow.

I partitioned as follows:

Primary - sda1 77GB ext4 mount point / for Ubuntu

Extended:
sda6 77GB ext4 mount point /home for home
sda7 77GB ext4 for Xubuntu
sda 86GB free space
sda5 4GB swap

I installed Ubuntu on sda1 and when it was done it did not recognize /home
as my home partition. I did some more googling and fixed that. Then I
installed Xubuntu on sda7 and when I was done it did not recognize /home as
the home partition.

Booted from Ubuntu and using the disk utility on sda6 I see /home mounted.
Booting from Xubuntu sda6 is not mounted. If I mount it it mounts at
/media/(what looks like a UUID).

The how to I followed only put Ubuntu, home and swap on the disk. Is there
something else that needs to be done to add a second OS and share the home
partition? I want to start all over so could someone tell me what I did
wrong or point me to a reliable how to that covers my situation.


When you were installing you should have told the first one to use
sda6 with a mount point of /home and to format it. When installing
the second you should again have said to use sda6 as /home but /not/
to format it. Then it would have left it as it is.

Colin



Thanks Colin, I'm starting to reinstall now. One more question. After
installing Unbuntu and it comes time to pick a computer name and user
name while installing Xumbuntu do I use the same names used on the
Ubuntu install or does it even make a difference? The first time I used
different ones.


Thanks, Jim


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