Moving OS X /Users to a separate partition

After considering the Alternatives for separating the OS X users' home directories, I decided to use a separate partition.

In this post, I'll explain in detail how to use a separate partition ("Volume" in Mac OS X parlance) for /Users.

Alternatives for separating the OS X users' home directories

Most OS X installations you'll find, probably use just one partition per disk. This may be convenient, but coming from years on Unix/Linux, that's a no-go for me... We can do better...

So, let's see how we can get the users' home directories on a separate partition ("Volume" in Mac OS X parlance) or disk.

Unpacking the Gigabyte BIOS without Windows

Before moving on to installing the OS, let's take care of updating the BIOS.
Gigabyte publishes (quite often) updated BIOS with new features and fixes.
So let's download and unpack the new BIOS.

Lnx2Mac Blog

Hi, I'm known as Lnx2Mac in the tonymacx86 Hackintosh Forum.

I've been developing software and hacking hardware since the early '80s... The good part of them on Unix and Linux.

In 2008, I switched my main system (a Linux Laptop) to a MacBook Pro.

Wanting to add a Desktop companion to it, I decided to play and build a Hackintosh.

Started this blog to collect my notes, hoping it will also help others.
If you, like me, get a kick out of hacking and tweaking, are planning to make the transition from Linux, or are just building a Hackintosh and looking for solutions... Stay around !

I'd love to hear your comments !

Lnx2Mac