How to mount a specific directory from a partition(not the entire partition) onto mount point (say /home)?
here is what i want to do:
I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:
UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf /home ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2
now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:
[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever <--- this kind of thing, for example
[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever
How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?
dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
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here is what i want to do:
I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:
UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf /home ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2
now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:
[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever <--- this kind of thing, for example
[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever
How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?
dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
1
Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount/CentosHome/username/whateverat/media/username/centosand then make a symbolic link to/media/username/centos/username/whateverinside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at/media/myuser/second_hard_drive
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 17 at 23:04
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:07
yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 22:11
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here is what i want to do:
I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:
UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf /home ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2
now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:
[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever <--- this kind of thing, for example
[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever
How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?
dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
here is what i want to do:
I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:
UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf /home ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2
now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:
[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever <--- this kind of thing, for example
[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever
How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?
dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint
dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
edited Jan 18 at 23:46
Mahmoud Gudarzi
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
asked Jan 17 at 22:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
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Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount/CentosHome/username/whateverat/media/username/centosand then make a symbolic link to/media/username/centos/username/whateverinside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at/media/myuser/second_hard_drive
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 17 at 23:04
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:07
yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 22:11
add a comment |
1
Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount/CentosHome/username/whateverat/media/username/centosand then make a symbolic link to/media/username/centos/username/whateverinside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at/media/myuser/second_hard_drive
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 17 at 23:04
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:07
yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 22:11
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1
Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount
/CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 17 at 23:04
Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount
/CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 17 at 23:04
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:07
Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:07
yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 22:11
yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 22:11
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You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount
First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:
[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0
then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)
/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind
answered Jan 18 at 1:51
Jean-MarieJean-Marie
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Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
add a comment |
Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.
answered Jan 18 at 21:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:47
Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 23:44
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You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount
First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:
[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0
then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)
/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind
answered Jan 18 at 1:51
Jean-MarieJean-Marie
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Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
add a comment |
You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount
First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:
[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0
then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)
/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind
answered Jan 18 at 1:51
Jean-MarieJean-Marie
1,084168
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
add a comment |
You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount
First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:
[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0
then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)
/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind
answered Jan 18 at 1:51
Jean-MarieJean-Marie
1,084168
You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount
First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:
[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0
then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)
/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind
answered Jan 18 at 1:51
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Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
add a comment |
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
add a comment |
Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.
answered Jan 18 at 21:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:47
Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 23:44
add a comment |
Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.
answered Jan 18 at 21:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:47
Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 23:44
add a comment |
Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.
answered Jan 18 at 21:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.
answered Jan 18 at 21:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
58117
answered Jan 18 at 21:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
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answered Jan 18 at 21:33
Mahmoud GudarziMahmoud Gudarzi
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answered Jan 18 at 21:33
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For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:47
Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 23:44
add a comment |
For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:47
Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 23:44
For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:47
For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:47
Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 23:44
Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 23:44
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Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount
/CentosHome/username/whateverat/media/username/centosand then make a symbolic link to/media/username/centos/username/whateverinside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at/media/myuser/second_hard_drive– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 17 at 23:04
Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 21:29
Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 18 at 22:07
yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.
– Mahmoud Gudarzi
Jan 18 at 22:11