[Casper] Upgrading from Tiger to Leopard

[Miles Leacy]

If you don't mind doing some extra work now, you can move people's data to
another partition now, and in the future, you can do as you like with the
system volume going forward without worry about user data.
Note that if you boot an existing Mac (with user data) to a Leopard volume,
you can create new partitions non-destructively and this task can be
scripted.

I would (and do) do it like this:

#!/bin/sh
#
##### HEADER BEGINS #####
# scr_sys_symlinkUsers.sh
#
# Created 20071011 by Miles A. Leacy IV
# miles.leacy at themacadmin.com
# Modified 20090106 by Miles A. Leacy IV
# Copyright 2009 Miles A. Leacy IV
#
# This script may be copied and distributed freely as long as this header
remains intact.
#
# This script is provided "as is".  The author offers no warranty or
guarantee of any kind.
# Use of this script is at your own risk.  The author takes no
responsibility for loss of use,
# loss of data, loss of job, loss of socks, the onset of armageddon, or any
other negative effects.
#
# Test thoroughly in a lab environment before use on production systems.
# When you think it's ok, test again.  When you're certain it's ok, test
twice more.
#
# This script moves /Users to /Volumes/Data.  If your data volume is named
differently,
# be sure to replace each instance of "/Volumes/Data" with the path to your
data volume.
# Run as an "at reboot" script when imaging with Casper.
#
##### HEADER ENDS #####

/bin/mv /Users /Volumes/Data

rm -R /Users

/bin/ln -s /Volumes/Data /Users

diskutil repairPermissions /


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On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:10 PM, David Lundgren <david.lundgren at brooks.edu>wrote:

> I was wondering how you all have done migrations from Tiger to Leopard.
>
> We have an Active Directory setup where the users home directories are
> local
> to the machine (our faculty often have 10GB+ of data, and some have
> laptops).
>
> We were contemplating doing separate user and OS partitions at the same
> time
> to make any future OS upgrades less painful, without having to worry about
> user data.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Lundgren
> IT Systems Administrator
>
> Brooks Institute - "Passion, Vision, Excellence"
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