I had the following problem
---- FS_Startup -----
FS_CreatePath: failed to create path "/home"
I had to do this to solve it.
[root@lood /usr/compat/linux]# ln -s /usr/home/ home
[root@lood /usr/compat/linux]#
I looked at the code in qcommon/files.c but did not see an obvious solution. FS_CreatePath