There's more than one way to do it, but here's the steps I would take. (All this is done by root). 1. Move the existing /home to a new place. mv /home /oldhome 2. Create the new home mount point. mkdir /home 3. Mount your new partition mount -t ext2 /dev/hda8 /home 4. Copy data from the old location to the new location. rsync -a /oldhome/ /home/ 5. Add the new entry to fstab: /dev/hda8 /home ext2 defaults 0 0 (This is exactly the entry you specified. ) 6. Test the fstab entry. umount /home mount -a ls /home Your new files should be mounted. 7. After a week or so, or whenever you're comforortable your new configuration is working properly, you can delete the old home directory rm -rf /oldhome This scheme assumes you have kicked other users (if any) off the system so they're not using the old /home. -- Glenn On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:39:26 +0100, Duncan Lithgow <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > my /home partition has filled up so I need to move it. I used qtparted to > format a 9Gig section of my disk to ext2 - cool - but, I've read a few > explanation and still can't understand how to move /home so it still works > properly. At the moment /home is on the same partition as the rest of my > instalation. > > The new partition is /hda8 and /home has /dulithgow and /mbschmidt in it. I > understand that i have to create a new line in fstab - something like: > /dev/hda8 /home ext2 defaults 0 0 > and create a suitable folder in mnt? > > I'm lost when it comes to actualy doing any of this. > > Help appreciated... > > Duncan > -- > Linux user #372812 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > -- Regards, Glenn Work: 650-527-4518 glenn.story@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.veritas.com Home: 650-493-4445 glenn.story@xxxxxxxxx http://home.pacbell.net/storygds/glenn.html Cell: 650-387-6644 16503876644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
