On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 17:10 -0800, Shane Archer wrote: > At 10:31 PM 1/22/2005, you wrote: > >1. create the new partition and format > >2. mount the new filesystem somewhere. (mount /dev/hdXY /mnt) > >3. copy all the files from old to new > > cd /home > > cp -a <username> /mnt > > > >Now it gets tricky, because once the filesystem is mounted you cannot > >remove the old files from /home > > > >4. logout, and log back in as root (you need to not have any files in > >the /home being used) > >5. edit /etc/fstab and create a line to mount the new filesystem at the > >chosen location > >(/dev/hdXY /home ext3 defaults 1 2) or equivalent. > >6. delete all the files in the original /home (rm -rf /home/username > >7. mount the mew /home > > mount -a > >8. verify it mounted properly > > mount > >9. logout and log back in as your regular user and you are done. > > > >Note that if you have more than one user in /home, the cp command in > >step 3 and the rm command in step 6 will be required for each user. > > > >Also note that it will be a good idea to use the du command to confirm > >what size partition is required before you create it. (du -s /home) > > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for the assistance. I was able to move things around and re-mount > the new /home with no problems. In the end I may back things up and do a > fresh install on a new partition on this box, but this was a good learning > experience. Thanks again! > > Shane > Glad to help and nice to know it worked. I assume it gave you the space you needed for the db you were wanting to move in.
