antixcore won’t install a separate /home partition

[Member mikey777]

I thought I’d reinstall antixcore with separate ‘/’ (on sda1) and ‘/home’ (on either sda2 or sdb1) partitions.
Normally, with any distro, I find this straightforward, but for some reason antixcore doesn’t accept either sda2 or sdb1 as /home – it says home in these locations is not valid …

Many thanks in advance for any help with this one.
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▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

[Anonymous]

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Prior to attempting the installation, did you
apt update && apt dist-upgrade
to ensure that your system has an up-to-date version of the installer?

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/antix-core-cli-installer-separate-home/

[Member mikey777]

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Thanks skidoo. The problem presents itself before ‘apt update’ and ‘apt-upgrade’ stage.

Let me explain: after booting laptop to the antixcore isofile on USB drive, I follow prompts and enter username & password as ‘root’,
then enter the text ‘cli-installer’…
1st question: what partition do you want to install ‘/’ on – answer = sda1.
2nd question: next line asks, if I remember correctly, if OK to destroy any pre-existing data on sda1 – answer = yes.
3rd question: do you want to install a separate /home partition – answer = yes, and specify sdb1.

Then get told that this location is invalid, even though it has already been listed as part of the partition structure, following booting to USB isofile.
Same response if I attempt to install /home to sda2.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

[Member sybok]

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The link, provided by @skidoo, has a post in the thread stating that there was a bug in the installer.
Therefore, you are asked to update the live-USB (you may also remaster/re-base it) and perform the installation again with thus updated live-USB.
The advice was not suggesting to attempt to install the system on your HW and then update the installed system.

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by sybok. Reason: minor style improvement
• This reply was modified 2 years ago by sybok. Reason: rebasing marked as optional

[Member mikey777]

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@sybok
@skidoo
Many thanks for clarifying that sybok – I’d completely misunderstood skidoo.
I’ll take a closer look – thanks again

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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