[openbeos] Re: For R1 or R2: /home on separate partition?

  • From: "Rob Tijssen" <rob.tijssen@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:29:37 +0100

oops wrong mailing list attended ... sorry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Tarbox" <jtarbox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:02 AM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: For R1 or R2: /home on separate partition?


> as mentioned many times, this version of OpenBeOS R1 is only duplicating
> BeOS R5.  Multi-user support is in the realm of the Glasselevator mailing
> list (aka OpenBeOS R2)
>
> -jtarbox
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Tijssen" <rob.tijssen@xxxxxxx>
> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:45 PM
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: For R1 or R2: /home on separate partition?
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > What about the possibility to choose where you want to install the
> different
> > parts of the os  (on wich partition)
> > Appz/Home/demo/drivers/mail/users (multiusers)?!?
> >
> > greetz,
> >
> > Ro
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Erik Reid" <reide@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:19 PM
> > Subject: [openbeos] Re: For R1 or R2: /home on separate partition?
> >
> >
> > > Quoth Mark-Jan Bastian:
> > > >On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 05:31:27PM +0100, Michael Noisternig wrote:
> > > >> "Anton du Toit" <adutoit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 15.01.02 15:04:57:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Just an idea - would it be possible to put /home on a separate
> > > >> >partition? So Partition 1 is OS only, and Partition 2 is user data
> > only.
> > > >>
> > > >> make a link to your home dir on your 2nd partition. ;-)
> > > >
> > > >This won't work, since the 2nd partition is not mounted during
bootup,
> > > >so additional drivers and settings in ~/config are not accessible
> > > >until the tracker has mounted the 2nd partition.
> > > >
> > > >Another, maybe nicer solution would be a 'lock' on the systemfiles,
> > > >so that no application can put or change anything in /boot/beos, and
> > > >if an application tries, the OS pops up a password dialog to let that
> > > >application (and it's child processes) to override the protection,
> > > >until the application quits.
> > > >Implementing this lock in a general way for storing files in folder
> > > >that users want to keep private, is maybe nice too.
> > >
> > > What if someone does a complete reinstall including a format?
> > >
> > > I think having a separate drive for /home is a really good idea, and
> > > a workaround should be put into the boot process to be able to handle
> > > this.  I didn't realize it didn't already work that way.  It should
> > > be made possible to mount just about everything from some other
> partition,
> > > excluding a few obviously necessary system bits.
> > >
> > > Drivers can be probed whenever they want anyways, so there shouldn't
> > > be a problem, as long as they're available when the other kits that
> > > need drivers start up, such as net kit or interface kit.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>


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