HOMES directory on /dev/sda1 - boot disk

Hi,

I would like to store user home directory on my boot disk. The boot disk is a SSD which I will only use for boot and home. I would like to configure my NAS (with 1 SSD and 4x HDD in SW Raid) to send/receive mail via postfix/dovecot. And then sync it automatically from SSD to the raid device every day or so.

This to have the raid not spin up if mails come in/out and make use of the SSD. This will save power.

The issue is that I cannot select /dev/sda1 as a FS to store the homes dir in the user section. I cannot create a FS on the device that is the boot disk.

Any idea's how to configure this? Or maybe other suggestions??

Thanks in advance.

Ok. does resizing the /dev/sda help and create a new FS on this disk?

When I use symbolic links the hdd will spin up if I accesss the home dir.

And can be selected in the User section to use as location for the home directories?

Ok, I've resized the / to 10GB on /dev/sda. The SSD is 128GB, so there is an empty storage available. However I cannot add this in the FS secion in OMV. I cannot select /dev/sda. Apparently it does not recognize the free space.

root@nas:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000766b2

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 19531775 9764864 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 19533822 28801023 4633601 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 19533824 28801023 4633600 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks

Ok, I've created a sda6 partition and recreated the FS with mkfs. Now I can select the /dev/sda6 in the shared folder section.

Excellent. it looks like it works now.