/home and /root on same partiton

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Is there a way make /home part of the /root partition during a fresh install?
Instead of:
/boot
/home
/root
Home and root on same partition:
/boot
/root
|
/home

I know it can be done after the install but wondering if it can be done as part of the initial install.
Thanks

2

There is no such thing, AFAIK.

The EFI system of today has by default five “filesystems”.

  • One is mounted to / – that is the “root” of the “directory tree”
  • Second mounted at /boot and third at /boot/efi – needed for starting the OS
  • Fourth mounted at /home – to keep user’s files neatly separate from the system
  • Fifth is for swap (and hence no real filesystem)

Is it possible to tell the installer to create only four (for /, /boot, /boot/efi, and swap)?
Yes, it is. In the Storage config, do select the Customize.

3

I’m wondering if I haven’t asked the right question.
Background: Trying to get the right balance between the size of /root and /home, only to find years later, you missed it by a mile.

On one of my servers /root is maxed out.
While researching how to safely resize /root and /home, I found this article.

howto-remove-home-logical-volume-and-add-that-space-to-the-root-partition/
This addresses moving /home into /root, after the OS install, or later down the road.
(My original question, doing it from the install.)

jlehtone wrote:

Maybe the question should have been:

What are the consequences of moving /home to /root

Potential risk, if any, to having /home on same partition as /root.
Feedback please…