Claude This is a prolix but a valid step-by-step instruction. You may want to publish it in a faq. One note: your command 'cp -a/home/* /mnt/mynewhome' would not copy the /home/.* entries. I don't really think there are chances such entries exist, however having such a job to do you've got to ensure. I've written a similar instruction, without any comments though. However reading the next few commands makes it easier to understand, for some people. Make sure /mnt/home does not exist. # mkdir /mnt/home # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/home2 # cp -a /home /mnt # umount /mnt/home # mount --move /mnt/home /home # rmdir /mnt/home # sed "s|/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00|/dev/sda1|" /etc/fstab >/etc/fstab- && \ # mv -f /etc/fstab- /etc/fstab No whatever file editing is needed. That is it Make sure no errors produced after each command has run. ----- Original Message ----- From: Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: moving /home [Solved - Corrected HowTo] Date: Monday 05 December 2005 19:44 >I apologize for this dual-post, but the first contained a serious error: > >On Sun December 4 2005 9:47 am, Claude Jones wrote: >> I would like to move my home directory to a new 300GB SATA drive - I edit >> video, so I need lots of space. >> I've installed the hardware, and using qtparted I've formatted it as ext3 >> - in qtparted it appears as sda1 >> My current mounts: >> >> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02 on / type ext3 (rw) >> /dev/proc on /proc type proc (rw) >> /dev/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw) >> /dev/devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) >> /dev/hdb1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) >> /dev/shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) >> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on /home type ext3 (rw) >> /dev/hda1 on /mnt/windows type ntfs (ro,umask=0222,gid=100) >> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) >> /proc on /var/named/chroot/proc type none (rw,bind) >> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) >> >> I'm caught in a circular logic trap and I can't figure out what to do >> next. I've read the mount and fstab man pages, and googled this issue, but >> I'm missing something. What would be the next step? > >The long thread that followed this original query for help was the result of >my having to overcome many years of experience administering Windows based >file systems. I won't attempt to write a dissertation on the differences >between Linux and Windows file systems and media organization, but, in the >hope that it may be of use, here are the steps that worked. > >1) Install new drive: >After physical installation and a reboot, I opened qtparted (Linux >partitioning/formatting tool) - qtparted recognized the drive immediately as >sda. I created a single partition on my new drive and formatted it as ext3. > >2) Create a temporary mount point: >I created a new directory in /mnt calling it "mynewhome" > >3) Boot into runlevel 1: >Restart the computer and at the first Fedora splash screen press the letter >'a' on keyboard. This halts the boot process and brings up the kernel line. >At the end of that line type '1' (the number one without quotes), and press >the enter key - this boots the machine into runlevel 1 or single user mode. > >4) Mount drive to new directory: >When the prompt comes up, mount the new drive to the directory previously >created in /mnt (step 2 above) >'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/mynewhome' >(the '1' is added to 'sda' to indicate the first partition on drive sda - > even though there is only one partition on the drive, this is the syntax > that must be used, else the command will fail) > >5) Copy the contents of current home folder to the new drive: >'cp -a/home/* /mnt/mynewhome' >(this step is important to get right - it takes all the contents of the >current /home and copies them to the root of the new drive, sda1, now > mounted as /mnt/mynewhome - you want everything BELOW /home to be > transferred to this new location - also, when copying the contents of /home > to the new location, you want all the attributes of the files preserved > which is what the '-a' option to the 'cp' command does - read the 'man cp' > pages for details of this command) > >6) Edit the fstab file: >This file is read at boot time by your system, and mounts your drives to the >correct locations in your directory structure. >There are a limited number of text editors available at the command line. I >use 'joe': >'joe /etc/fstab' >This opens the file in text editing mode. Find the line that contains the >mount for the current /home - on my system it looked like this: >/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 >Comment this line by adding a '#' to front of it. >Now, add the line that will mount your new home - mine looked liked this: >/dev/sda1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 >If you use the 'joe' editor to to do this, then 'ctl-k' followed by 's' will >ask you if you want to save the file; pressing 'enter' will save. 'ctl-k' >followed by 'q' will exit joe. > >7) Reboot - if you got it all right, your machine should boot normally, but >using the new /home. If you made a mistake, you haven't altered anything >irreparably. You can revert the edited 'fstab' file to its prior state >easily, and be back where you started. All your old /home files will still > be there... > >After this has all run in a stable fashion for a few days, I will then > tackle how to eliminate the logical volume group 00, and take that space > and add it my logical volume group 01, which is where my '/' (the rest of > the file system) is mounted. > >Hope this of future help to someone, and thanks to all who helped me to > figure this out. > >-- >Claude Jones >Bluemont, VA, USA
