/home partition

From: alex (radsky_at_ncia.net)
Date: 09/05/03

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    I opted for a separate partition (hda2) for /home during the
    installation of Debian and it was duly formatted. However, the
    partition doesn't seem to be as performing as a /home directory.
    Instead, the regular /home directory under / seems to be doing
    the job.

    I read the data in hda2 but there's nothing there except
    ./ and ../. When I read the regular /home directory (under /), all
    the usual /home data is present.

    The partition (hda2) doen't appear in /etc/fstab --nothing there
    shows that there is a separate partition for /home.

    Is it necessary to edit /etc/fstab and manually enter a line
    for hda2 to show that it is the /home directory? If so, what should
    this entry be?

    What's a possible reason why the /home partition didn't 'take'
    during the installation process? Is it always necessary to do some
    post-installation editing (/etc/fstab ??) after a partition is
    selected for a /directory?

    alex 

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