/Home folder size on a USB stick
/Home folder size on a USB stick
Actually, my question isn't only about size, but about the "object" itself.
I didn't find info about /home folder in Porteus tutorials.
I have Porteus on a USB stick (32Gb) and I can see /Home folder with Pictures, Dowloads, Documents fokders in it in file manager. It's NOT /Home/guest folder.
Free size is 237Mb of about 600-700 (according to graph)
So, what is it?
Is it somehow connected with "Magic Folders" or Save.dat object? (I use NTFS file system).
Is it stored in memory? Where it's actual place on stick is?
How can I resize it (increase)?
I want to use all size of my stick for docs, films, etc.
And other question: can I make a some folder on Porteus stick named for example "MyDocs" for this purpose?
Thanks a lot!
Again, sorry and please give me the link in Porteus portal tutorials or forum to read about it comprehensively, if there exist.
I didn't find info about /home folder in Porteus tutorials.
I have Porteus on a USB stick (32Gb) and I can see /Home folder with Pictures, Dowloads, Documents fokders in it in file manager. It's NOT /Home/guest folder.
Free size is 237Mb of about 600-700 (according to graph)
So, what is it?
Is it somehow connected with "Magic Folders" or Save.dat object? (I use NTFS file system).
Is it stored in memory? Where it's actual place on stick is?
How can I resize it (increase)?
I want to use all size of my stick for docs, films, etc.
And other question: can I make a some folder on Porteus stick named for example "MyDocs" for this purpose?
Thanks a lot!
Again, sorry and please give me the link in Porteus portal tutorials or forum to read about it comprehensively, if there exist.
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/Home folder size on a USB stick
welcome to the forum
which DE/filemanager are you using? i suspect that "Home" is indeed /home/guest(and /root for root user)..
some filemanager devs seem to think such obfuscation is desirable..
which DE/filemanager are you using? i suspect that "Home" is indeed /home/guest(and /root for root user)..
some filemanager devs seem to think such obfuscation is desirable..
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Ow, I'm using KDE Plasma and the default file manager
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yes, you can absolutely make whatever folders you like.
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Thanks a lot! It's all ok.
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/Home folder size on a USB stick
In my opinion NTFS is a bad choice for USB sticks. NTFS is a journaling file system and slows down the USB stick. I recommend exFAT for large files, less overhead and OS compatibility. It's what I use on my USB sticks.
I also have personal folders on my Porteus USB sticks, outside of /home, and outside of the Porteus systems folders, for storing large files without impacting Porteus's RAM use.
Ed
/Home folder size on a USB stick
Hi ED_P
I use Porteus like you.
So far I have always used FAT32.
Is exFAT much better for this purpose?
I use Porteus like you.
So far I have always used FAT32.
Is exFAT much better for this purpose?
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/Home folder size on a USB stick
Don't agree, ntfs is slow (write speed) because it uses ntfs-3g (fuse) and ext4/vfat/exfat is fast because it's native.
Sorry, my English is bad.
/Home folder size on a USB stick
Is exFAT much faster than FAT32?
/Home folder size on a USB stick
Do I understand right, that in case of FAT32 FS you can't make save.dat file with size more than 4Gb?
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Don't know. It's main feature is being able to handle files larger than 4GB.
Seems right but why would you? My savedat files are usually 256-512MB.
Ed