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BTRFS subvolumes: setup /home/user in different partition (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by gcala@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, I'm just starting exploring btrfs volume concepts; currently my testing setup has three subvolumes: root, var, home; is it possible have user home folder (I mean /home/user, not all /home) in a different partition? Thanks for suggestions

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yes. This is not a btrfs feature, it's just a partitioning scheme. Lots of people keep their /home on a different partition for easy portability.

Example: you have two 1TB nvme drives on your machine, and you're planning on downloading a lot of games from Steam, but also might switch distros. Separate /home partition allows you a simple space to do all this, and also wipe out your OS installed on the / drive, and install a new one. Just have to mount your existing/home during, or after installs.