Re: Moving the USERS folder
- From: Tim Lance <lance_1012@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:25:38 -0600
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:17:31 -0600, Ray Laughton wrote
(in article <1h64lkl.1e0syvo1l77en1N%rlaughton@xxxxxxxxxxx>):
> <jambay53@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is it technically possible under OS X to move the Users folder to a
>> different partition or drive?
>>
>> If yes......is it *advisable*? :-)
>>
>> I've tried to simply drag the Users folder to another
>> partition.......the OS gave an error, more or less saying it couldn't
>> be done.
>>
>> Curiously, there was a posting on this group about 3 years ago stating
>> that the NetInfo Manager utility is used to move (or re-link) the Users
>> folder. Is that still the case?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason Paris
>
> This post motivated me to try something I've been meaning to do for
> ages: Copy my OS (10.2.8) to another HD, for backup purposes. Like we
> were able to do in about 3 minutes pre-OS X, just drag and drop the
> system folder to the new HD..
> First of all, it takes ages, because the Mac OS is now about 100 times
> larger and there are a couple of folders to move.
> Secondly, it doesnt work because as owner (!) of this Mac I don't have
> the necessary permissions, etc, etc to move certain files..
> I've just read elsewhere in this thread that I should have done it as
> root user. Hmm...
> Does this mean all _complete_ HD backups have to be done at root level?
> I know most automated b/ups use the incremental system so then it
> shouldnt be necessary.
>
> RL
>
>
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