How to Have a separate Users Folder on a separate partition

I've successfully installed Mac OS X 10.5 on the 20g partition of my 200gb HD (the other "blank" partition is 180gb). Great, so installation went smoothly.
The 20gb partition is named "sys".
The 180gb partition is named "root".
My dilemma, however, is that I want to have my folder (/users/username) on the 180gb parition (root) and keep ALL of apple's core system software and even all apple applications on the "sys" partition (where it is already installed).
Without the use of aliases, how can I have my user folder entirely on the "root" partition and all other mac software on the "sys" partition?
Thanks I sincerely appreciate any help in this matter as it would organize my file hierarchy immensely. Thanks

dstempfley wrote:
Speaking from a strong unix background and some admittedly limited Mac OS admin experience. I found another discussion:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5820852&tstart=0
The last two messages in the thread seem to be where the meat is. According to this you edit the fstab using vifs and add a mountpoint for /Users.
The thread suggests that you can put a random UUID, I'm not sure if I'd try that. I found the UUID for the partition using disk utility, Ctrl-Click the partition and open up the Information menu. The UUID is in the list.
Also you need to copy over the users from the existing /Users directory structure. The following thread discusses using rsync (the preferred method).
http://julipedia.blogspot.com/2007/01/install-mac-os-x-over-multiple-volumes.htm l
The thread also gives more information about the problem your trying to solve. I don't think it gets the fstab entries right for Max OS X. But you can try both methods and see which works best.
Hope it helps,
/Dion
dstempfley,
After perusing
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5820852&tstart=0
a bit, it appears as though I'll have to directly change the /etc/fstab file and insert references to the disk partitions without the use of labels.
Seeing as I want to solve this partition /users folder problem as well as further my knowledge of unix commands, anyone know any good references for deciphering what all the unix commands mean and what the acronyms stand for so I can understand, as well as apply, the commands? "man" is the only thing that comes to mind, and that is actually pretty extensive so I'll stick with that.
As for solving this..
"df -h" revealed
/dev/disk0s2 20Gi 11Gi 9.2Gi 54% /
/dev/disk0s3 166Gi 108Mi 166Gi 1% /Volumes/root
I'm aware line 1 = "sys" and line 2 = "root", but how and where do I apply the "/dev/disk0s2" versus "/" or "/dev/disk0s3" or "/Volumes/root"?
I think I'm going to want to mount the physical partition of /dev/disk0s3 to "/users/username" if that's possible.
I tried changing the home dir to
/volumes/root
/dev/disk0s3
and even
/volumes/root/users/username
but it still doesn't recognize anything other than the /users/username folder on "sys" as "home folder".
Also, I can access /etc/fstab.hd using cd and ls -al commands but I forget how to open and edit the file.
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/September2004/article349.shtml
seems to answer some core unix structure questions I'm engaging.
From
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/972007530931/inc /-1
it appears that symbolic links arent' the way to go either.
http://macosx.com/forums/unix-x11/19249-changing-mount-point-volume.html
shows someone trying to mount an external drive in the home directory.
Also where is fstab (not fstab.hd)?? only fstab.hd shows up in /etc with the "ls -al" command.
A very advanced discussion on creating a customized mountpoint system is detailed here
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021011053443661.
This article on creating a dynamic fstab file with user ids could be useful, too:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030227194830916
This article targets creating a home folder on a seperate partition:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=116491&highlight=moveuserpartition.
Where wrldwzrd89's post details the process, but users a symbolic link.
Jeez, with all the long convoluted forum postings on people trying to accomplish the same objective as I'm doing, you'd think apple would make this easier to do; loading your home folder on a seperate partition isn't "that" advanced of a preference! lol.
This is as of yet still unresolved.

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