[NBLUG/talk] mozilla troubleshooting

[jeff at dreadidread.homelinux.org]

Quoting E Frank Ball <frankb at efball.com>:
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> I move /usr/local to /home/local when I build a new machine and make a
> symbolic link back to /usr/local.  This makes things appear to be in
> /usr/local so they work, when really they are in /home/local so that my
> local directory is on my home partition, so it doesn't get blown away if
> I wipe out the installation and re-install.  I could make yet another
> partition for /usr/local, but my way seems more flexible to me.
> 
> You will have to parition the drive, format it, then edit /etc/fstab,
> then mount it.  After that it will mount at boot time.
> 
> I partition with fdisk.  mkfs.ext2 or mkfs.ext3 to format.  See the man
> pages for mkfs.
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Excellent advice! Thank you!

Jeff