Forgot to mount existing /home drive when re-installing Ubuntu

[altonbr]

When reinstalling Ubuntu, I forgot to mount my existing /home drive.

Right now, this is my fdisk:


$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 30.8 GB, 30816608256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3746 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x80d78fd6

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1216 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1217 3746 20322225 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1217 3648 19535008+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 3649 3746 787153+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

So my question is, how can I destroy my existing /home directory and mount it with /dev/sda5

I'm pretty good with coding and Bash but have never really worked with fstab.

Thanks!

[Tim Sharitt]

You should have no problem mounting your old home partition over the current home.

Just add something like

/dev/sda1 /homet ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2
to /etc/fstab, substituting the correct block device, fs type, etc.

Removing the data in the current home directory is optional, once the your home partition is mounted at /home, you will not see it.

I actually kept the pre-installed home directory intact so if I ever have a major problem with my configuration, I can just unmount the separate partition and boot with pristine user settings. :)

[altonbr]

That was perfect, thank you :)