On Mon December 5 2005 1:57 am, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 09:15 +0530, Anil Kumar Sharma wrote: > > Hello CJ, > > After my last post I had to dash to bed - it was getting close to > > early morning Monday! > > I think I spelled correctly about shifting your files. But I am afraid > > U shifted them to the root of /dev/sda1 rather then than > > to /dev/sda1/home. > > He does NOT want them at /dev/sda1/home, but does want them at the root > of /dev/sda1 > /dev/sda1 will be mounted at /home so the current contents of /home MUST > be at the root of /dev/sda1 I think you just struck the missing conceptual nail on the head! See later in the thread if curious.... -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA