[SOLVED]How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

In Nautilus; split screen; if I have the 60GB file system on the left and open the home folder it is blank.

On the right side I select 'File System' from menu and open home and I get the oceansinperil/home. This is where I can see the 'modified' Pic.'s, Doc.'s and Music folders. when I try to open them I get the same notification: "This Link cannot be used, because its target "/mnt/sda5/Documents" doesn't exist"

I will rerun the 'code' and post out-put.

oceansnperil@o-n-p:~$ sudo ln -s /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Music ~/Music
[sudo] password for oceansnperil:
ln: creating symbolic link `/home/oceansnperil/Music': File exists
oceansnperil@o-n-p:~$ sudo ln -s /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Documents ~/Documents
ln: creating symbolic link `/home/oceansnperil/Documents': File exists
oceansnperil@o-n-p:~$ sudo ln -s /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Pictures ~/Pictures
ln: creating symbolic link `/home/oceansnperil/Pictures': File exists

[oshunluvr]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

Sorry this is all my fault.

ln -s /mnt/sda5/Documents ~/Documents

should have been

ln -s /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Documents ~/Documents

but you have another problem too. You should not be using sudo to link from one home folder to another. If you do, the resulting link will not be readable by you normally. If the link cannot be created without sudo, then you don't have permission to read your own home folders and that issue needs to be addressed first.

Personally, I think it was a bad idea to use dashes in the home directory name and host name because you might run into problems with this. Also your home directory is not the same as your username and that seems unnecessarily complicated, but that's just my opinion.

Anyway, the current problem is apparent in the error messages in your last post:

ln: creating symbolic link `/home/oceansnperil/Music': File exists

You already have a file or folder in your home named Music. You must delete it before something else can use the same name.

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

I will delete those three folders and recreate with new code and return with out put.

oceansnperil@o-n-p:~$ ln -s /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Documents ~/Documents
oceansnperil@o-n-p:~$ ln -s /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Music ~/Music
oceansnperil@o-n-p:~$ ln -s /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Pictures ~/Pictures
oceansnperil@o-n-p:~$ ls -l /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-22 15:09 Audiobooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-20 21:47 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-25 17:45 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-20 21:47 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 4 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-25 14:13 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-20 21:47 Music
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-20 21:47 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-22 15:09 Podcasts
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-20 21:47 Public
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 2011-09-22 08:08 rutebook.desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-20 21:47 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 oceansnperil oceansnperil 4096 2011-09-20 21:47 Videos

Ok now the three folders are showing in Nautilus with just a curved arrow and in Properties:

Link Target: /mnt/sda5/oceans-n-peril/Documents same for Pictures and Musicfolders

The Location of these folders is in /home/oceansnperil which is correct for sda3 [Ubuntu]

I opened the 'Documents' folder and the "test" document I had written in Kubuntu, in Libre-office is in fact here now in Ubuntu and opens just fine.

I hesitate to say we are solved until I try a CD ripped into Banshee; should I try that now and both directions; meaning rip one in Ubuntu then rip another in Kubuntu

OOPS, I guess we are not quite finished. I went to Applications menu in Ubuntu and there is no longer an 'office' folder which use to exist. I was going to try a test document in Ubuntu and see if it makes it to Kubuntu. The folder contained LibreOffice and I have verified it as installed software through the Ubuuntu Software menu.I also verified in the System>Preferences>Main Menu>Office that it is still there but it no longer appears under the Applications tab as office. I think I might have messed up by opening the Libre Office when I opened the test document from Kubuntu.

Is this where I need to do the Split screen stuff If so I think I will need to switch to Kubuntu because the sda5 partition is no longer available in Nautilus.

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

I have Nautilus open and split screen with sda3 on the left and sda5 on the right both opened to the respective home folders showing Doc.'s Music and Pictures with a curvy arrow on the sda3 side.

[vinnywright]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

well that sounds about right then

not sure whats up with your applications menu in Ubuntu though .......just opening a document shouldn't have removed an entry from the menu.??

go ahead with your riping a cd test ...just make sure whatever your using to rip is riping to Music

VINNY

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

well that sounds about right then

not sure whats up with your applications menu in Ubuntu though .......just opening a document shouldn't have removed an entry from the menu.??

go ahead with your riping a cd test ...just make sure whatever your using to rip is riping to Music

VINNY

OK, will rip into Banshee in Ubuntu and then see if Banshee in Kubuntu gets it too. Then I will report back.
About the office option in Applications menu, that has me scratching my head.

[vinnywright]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

I'll go reboot into Ubuntu on the 1 box I have that has it on it...... and look around
for how you can add it back.......the office menu item that is .


VINNY

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

I am happy to report that both Documents and Music are shared.
I had some difficulty with Banshee, most likely because it is new to me; so I installed Rhythm-box and Sound-juicer into the Ubuntu partition and just Rhythm-box into the Kubuntu partition [sound-juicer was not available there] but I can easily install my music to the ubuntu OS and it is picked up by Rhythm-box and Amarok in the Kubuntu OS.
I will shortly try uploading some pictures from a USB 'jump' drive to see how that goes.
3 out of 87 CD's installed and things are working fine.
I'll report back on Pictures in a little while.

Yes the 'Office' folder missing is still a mystery to me too.

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

I can now say for a fact that this is a SOLVED Thread Topic

I have Pictures, music and Documents shared between both OS's in both directions.

Thank You Oshunluvr and Vinny for your patience and dedicated help. I hope that someone more knowledgeable than I can figure out how to write a 'How-To' for this topic.

I know some people are thinking why use both so I wanted to address that briefly before leaving this thread.

I built my new system for use with CAD programs and due to my choice of an ATI Workstation card and AMD/ATI's writing drivers only for Gnome desktop I was 'forced' into having to Install Ubuntu. I wanted to go with Kubuntu because I would like the full features of DigiKam. The only way I know of getting all those features in Ubuntu is by installing the KDE 'front-end'' and then there goes my ATI Proprietary Drivers.

I now have the best of both OS's depending on what I am doing and That is fine by me. 8)

Updated mention; in the case of the Music I use the same player in both OS's and have the settings all the same too. This is for people like me that are new and learning.

[vinnywright]

Re: [SOLVED]How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

Wonderful 8)

VINNY

[sithlord48]

Re: How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

I built my new system for use with CAD programs and due to my choice of an ATI Workstation card and AMD/ATI's writing drivers only for Gnome desktop I was 'forced' into having to Install Ubuntu. I wanted to go with Kubuntu because I would like the full features of DigiKam. The only way I know of getting all those features in Ubuntu is by installing the KDE 'front-end'' and then there goes my ATI Proprietary Drivers.

you can install the amd/ati driver for kde. i don't have gnome on my desktop. use the jockey-gtk front end if the jockey-kde ones give you a hard time, or you can just use the jockey-cli version to install, i tend to install the driver from the ATI page. but i know the jockey installed version works since i installed that way on ms.sith's laptop.

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: [SOLVED]How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

I built my new system for use with CAD programs and due to my choice of an ATI Workstation card and AMD/ATI's writing drivers only for Gnome desktop I was 'forced' into having to Install Ubuntu. I wanted to go with Kubuntu because I would like the full features of DigiKam. The only way I know of getting all those features in Ubuntu is by installing the KDE 'front-end'' and then there goes my ATI Proprietary Drivers.

you can install the amd/ati driver for kde. i don't have gnome on my desktop. use the jockey-gtk front end if the jockey-kde ones give you a hard time, or you can just use the jockey-cli version to install, i tend to install the driver from the ATI page. but i know the jockey installed version works since i installed that way on ms.sith's laptop.

Is there a 'How-To' on this in the forum here? I am still studying rutebook and learning so my skill set might not be at the level required for this but I am interested in learning.

[sithlord48]

Re: [SOLVED]How do I link Primary to logical Partitions

Is there a 'How-To' on this in the forum here? I am still studying rutebook and learning so my skill set might not be at the level required for this but I am interested in learning.

no how to needed,for the ez way, just open up the "additional driver" program (its name is jockey) let it look for drivers your system can use then click the ati driver and "activate" . if you want to manuall instally the driver, then you

1. go get the driver for you card from www.ati.com save it in your home folder.
2. switch to a tty (use crtl+alt+F1)
3. log in to the tty
4. kill kde and it sub processes (sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop)
5. install the driver (sudo sh <name of file>.run)
6.the set up will start and ask some questions (use tab to move and space/enter to select)
7.after the install its ezest to reboot (sudo restart)
8. if all goes well you will come up to a desktop after that restart , if not then the install went astray and you will come up to a cli log in .

if you need more help just start a new thread, and i will help over there, no need to bloat this one any more :P