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bahua129076yDon't create your user until after installation is complete, and create the /home filesystem afterward.
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JoshuaS136yHave you tried using a sym-link? As long as the drive gets mounted before your home directory needs to be accessed, I don't see any reason that wouldn't work.
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Jifuna37386yIf your installer doesnt support it you can link your home directories to dirs on your second drive
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lxmcf204166y@bahua ... Very true... Just leave root on the main drive then create my main user afterwards
@Jifuna I use arch so don't really have an installer -
@lxmcf on Arch it is easy.
Install system normally, create filesystem on secondary drive, mount in /home, genfstab, create user, done. -
shaji12496yIt's literally the easiest thing. You just have to select another home directory from the installer. You can change it afterwards too
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bahua129076ylvcreate <flags>
mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/<homedev>
mkdir /home
vim /etc/fstab
mount -a
useradd <user>
vipw; vipw -s
vigr; vigr -s # if you want to be a sudoer
visudo
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