I think he already has data in /home and I don't know that he is correct in thinking that his /home is on a separate partition but if it already is, then he needs to do nothing. Mike - do this... sudo mount Craig On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 08:42 -0700, Gerard Snitselaar wrote: > The proper use of ln -s is to first list the target you are > linking to, and then the name of the link. So the following > would be correct for creating the link /home: > > ln -s /mnt/hda4 /home > > NAME > ln - make links between files > > SYNOPSIS > ln [OPTION]... TARGET [LINK_NAME] > ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY > ln [OPTION]... --target-directory=DIRECTORY TARGET... > > > > > On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 05:32 -0800, bmike101@cox.net wrote: > > I want to reload mepis my old distro because of the > > problems burning a new version. My /home is on it's own > > partition. I don't remember how to tell Mepis the location > > of /home (hda4). Is it 'ln -s /mnt/hda4' > > or is it 'ln -s /mnt/hda4 '? I think it is > > the former but as I have said 'but what do I know:?) After > > I do this will I need to delete the original /home? > > What a pain in the butt this has turned out to be! > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss