How to mount a specific directory from a partition(not the entire partition) onto mount point (say /home)?












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here is what i want to do:



I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:



UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf  /home  ext4  nodev,nosuid    0   2


now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:



[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever  <--- this kind of thing, for example

[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever


How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?






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    Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount /CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    yesterday











  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago











  • Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    5 hours ago











  • yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago
















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here is what i want to do:



I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:



UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf  /home  ext4  nodev,nosuid    0   2


now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:



[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever  <--- this kind of thing, for example

[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever


How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?






dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint







share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount /CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    yesterday











  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago











  • Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    5 hours ago











  • yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago














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here is what i want to do:



I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:



UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf  /home  ext4  nodev,nosuid    0   2


now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:



[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever  <--- this kind of thing, for example

[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever


How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?






dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint







share|improve this question
















here is what i want to do:



I used to have only one distro installed, so i had a fstab entry like:



UUID=dccfc257-7039-4dba-9a2f-469f6bbc5fbf  /home  ext4  nodev,nosuid    0   2


now I installed another distro, and i want to mount a specific directory of that same partition to my /home in the new distro such as:



[that_partition]/CentosHome/username/whatever  <--- this kind of thing, for example

[that_partition]/UbuntuHome/username/whatever


How do i achieve this? How to use UUID for this? (since the sdX format names are subject to changes
what commands do i need?






dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint




dual-boot mount fstab mountpoint






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    Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount /CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    yesterday











  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago











  • Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    5 hours ago











  • yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago














  • 1





    Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount /CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    yesterday











  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago











  • Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    5 hours ago











  • yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago








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Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount /CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
yesterday





Mount is for filesystems. A directory is only one part of filesystem, so you cannot select just part of a filesystem to mount. But you could mount /CentosHome/username/whatever at /media/username/centos and then make a symbolic link to /media/username/centos/username/whatever inside your home folder. That's what I do with my VirtualBox machines. I've symbolic link to the directory , but filesystem is mounted at /media/myuser/second_hard_drive

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
yesterday













Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

– Mahmoud Gudarzi
5 hours ago





Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

– Mahmoud Gudarzi
5 hours ago













Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
5 hours ago





Looks alright. Remember that you need same usernames on both systems to have access rights for each respective owner of the directory.

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
5 hours ago













yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.

– Mahmoud Gudarzi
5 hours ago





yea, i got that. Thank you, Sergiy.

– Mahmoud Gudarzi
5 hours ago










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You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount



First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:



[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0



then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)



/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind






share|improve this answer


























  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago



















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Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.



this is how my fstab looks now






share|improve this answer
























  • For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    4 hours ago











  • Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    3 hours ago













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You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount



First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:



[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0



then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)



/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind






share|improve this answer


























  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago
















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You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount



First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:



[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0



then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)



/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind






share|improve this answer


























  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago














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You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount



First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:



[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0



then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)



/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind






share|improve this answer















You cannot mount directly a specific directory. You have to mount the entire partition then bind the directory. see bind mount in man mount



First you make an entry in /etc/fstab to mount your old drive:



[that partition] /mnt/[that partition] auto nosuid,nodev,nofail, 0 0



then you bind the directory you want (in fstab)



/mnt/[that partition][/that dir] /home/user/whatever bind







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  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago



















  • Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    5 hours ago

















Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

– Mahmoud Gudarzi
5 hours ago





Hello , thank you for you guidance, I think i was able to do it. i'm attaching a snap of my fstab here , would you please check it everything looks alright ?

– Mahmoud Gudarzi
5 hours ago













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Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.



this is how my fstab looks now






share|improve this answer
























  • For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    4 hours ago











  • Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    3 hours ago


















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Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.



this is how my fstab looks now






share|improve this answer
























  • For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    4 hours ago











  • Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    3 hours ago
















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Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.



this is how my fstab looks now






share|improve this answer













Here's what i did , it seems like i have my home working. attached is a snap of my fstab. Comments are appreciated.



this is how my fstab looks now







share|improve this answer












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  • For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    4 hours ago











  • Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    3 hours ago





















  • For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    4 hours ago











  • Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.

    – Mahmoud Gudarzi
    3 hours ago



















For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago





For future reference, it's best not to post images of text, especially scripts or config files. Other users cannot edit the errors easily, plus images can go missing if the host website such as imgur deletes the image or the website itself is down

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago













Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.

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Thank you for mentioning that Sergiy. I will keep that in mind. Thank you.

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