changing the location of Loops?

[wrldwzrd89]

i'm confused what you mean about 'didn't exist on the drive'? you should have moved your /Users folder to another partition, so it's not on your boot volume at all, but completely moved to another partition, then you just tell the fstab file where to mount it from. how is it that the /Users folder didn't exist on a drive? 😕 you didn't delete it did you? 😱

What I did was move the contents of the Users directory to another drive, and removed the original Users directory, the bold step being what probably screwed things up.

 

[cb911]

sounds like you copied the Users folder, move is (a big?) differnece from copy. i would have just moved the Users folder (holding command key down while dragging the folder in Finder) to avoid confusion. or it might be that the permissions got screwed.

someone here has mentioned that perhaps if you .sit the Users folder before moving it, that might help keep the permissions. or i think there is also a tar command (from Terminal) that will retain permissions. if you want to give it another go, i'd just use the Terminal and the mv command, and perhaps find out what that tar command is.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

sounds like you copied the Users folder, move is (a big?) differnece from copy. i would have just moved the Users folder (holding command key down while dragging the folder in Finder) to avoid confusion. or it might be that the permissions got screwed.

someone here has mentioned that perhaps if you .sit the Users folder before moving it, that might help keep the permissions. or i think there is also a tar command (from Terminal) that will retain permissions. if you want to give it another go, i'd just use the Terminal and the mv command, and perhaps find out what that tar command is.

I'm not willing to try it again.

 

[applekid]

I have a question similar to cb911's.

Read this thread to find out my original dilemna and system specs.

Anyways, I was wondering, would it be possible to move my Applications folder and Developer folder onto my other partition using the same method as JFreak suggests? I already moved my Users folder by changing the directory in NetInfo, but will that have a bad effect in anyway if I attempted in doing what JFreak suggests?

I want to make sure my Applications folder is moved safely, without messing up the Utilities (they're very picky) and still being able to get Software Update to detect it. I also want to make sure I can compile Java apps on the other partition because when I tried moving the Developer folder and compiling, it can't find the Java API.

cb911, sorry if I'm hijacking your thread, but your thread just might be able to find a solution to my own dilemma. I need to thank you for that.

 

[JFreak]

I tried your tip, but the Users drive refused to mount! I wonder if it was because the Users directory didn't exist on the drive...
Oh well - I decided it wasn't worth it and went back to my previous configuration.

yes, that is exactly what happened. i think i said that the directory you are mounting to, will have to exist prior to mounting...

 

[JFreak]

I was wondering, would it be possible to move my Applications folder and Developer folder onto my other partition using the same method as JFreak suggests? I already moved my Users folder by changing the directory in NetInfo, but will that have a bad effect in anyway if I attempted in doing what JFreak suggests?

yes you can move any directory to any partition in fstab, and that is such a low-level trick that apps cannot see the difference. they only see a folder and it is up to darwin to determine where the actual physical storage would be.

this is actually safer method than changing the users directory in netinfo, because, in effect, no app can tell a difference. they just keep saving files to separate partition without knowing it.

 

[janey]

well going back on topic (sorta)
guys guys guys...(and gals too)...lol.
one of the macrumors irc members had a shortage of space on his boot drive and created an app to move the location of the gb loops to another drive. lol. its essentially the same thing you guys did, but in one little convenient thing that is more user friendly.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22402

 

[cb911]

thank you übergeek! 😀 my problems solved!

applekid, i hope you can find a solution for your problem, no worries about 'hijacking' my thread. 😛 i dont' really consider it my thread, if anyone wants to discuss anything, go for it. 🙂

anyway, if you edit your fstab file, you should be able to move those folders... as JFreak says, it is a low-level change that very effectively fools the OS into using those folders as normal.

 

[applekid]

I've edited the fstab file and problem solved. It's great! 😎