My goal
1. Move swapfiles to my Swap partition.
2. Have my Users partition mount where my existing Users folder resides.
3. Have my Apps partition mount where my Applications folder resides.
Today I accomplished goal 1 and managed to get swapfiles running on a dedicated partition. It was actually too friggin easy. I just went here >> http://testuser.eshirazi.com/, followed the instructions and PRESTO. Swapfile0, along with other virtual memory files are on my swap volume and I am already noticing a significant performance boost!
Unfortunately, I haven't had as much luck with moving my Users and Applications to their own partitions. I tried creating fstab in etc using labels, and then modifying the rc file. This trick worked like a charm under Panther, but now that I have upgraded to Tiger, it is very unstable and sometimes the volumes dont mount! I have also had problems installing software since moving my Applications.
Basically, I would love it if the partitions would mount seemlessly into the directories they replace. It would also be cool if these volumes where invisible on the desktop.
What is the best way to do this? I have searched high and low and it seems everyone uses fstab to accomplish this. Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way in Tiger?
DISCLAIMER: My knowledge of Unix is rudimentary at best. Please be gentle!
1. Move swapfiles to my Swap partition.
2. Have my Users partition mount where my existing Users folder resides.
3. Have my Apps partition mount where my Applications folder resides.
Today I accomplished goal 1 and managed to get swapfiles running on a dedicated partition. It was actually too friggin easy. I just went here >> http://testuser.eshirazi.com/, followed the instructions and PRESTO. Swapfile0, along with other virtual memory files are on my swap volume and I am already noticing a significant performance boost!
Unfortunately, I haven't had as much luck with moving my Users and Applications to their own partitions. I tried creating fstab in etc using labels, and then modifying the rc file. This trick worked like a charm under Panther, but now that I have upgraded to Tiger, it is very unstable and sometimes the volumes dont mount! I have also had problems installing software since moving my Applications.
Basically, I would love it if the partitions would mount seemlessly into the directories they replace. It would also be cool if these volumes where invisible on the desktop.
What is the best way to do this? I have searched high and low and it seems everyone uses fstab to accomplish this. Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way in Tiger?
DISCLAIMER: My knowledge of Unix is rudimentary at best. Please be gentle!