Mounting /home Directory

[whitetimer]

HI All

If i do a clean cli of Ubuntu where i have kept the partition form a previous installation and i have / & /swap, when the installation is complete, how would i mount my old /home partition ?

Many Thanks

:popcorn:

[chaanakya_chiraag]

I'm not sure, but I think you have to mess with fstab (/etc/fstab if I remember correctly)

[Grenage]

You can specify it in fstab (/etc/fstab).

[darkod]

Just to clarify, you have separate /, /home and swap partitions right? You want a clean install of Ubuntu but to keep using the existing /home?

Start the install process and in step 4 select manual partitioning. All partitions will be marked as Not Used. Click on each of them one by one, and then the Change button at the bottom.

For /
Change filesystem to what it was, ext3/ext4
Mount point to /
Tick the format box (to make sure old version is wiped)

For /home
Change filesystem to ext3/ext4
Mount point to /home
DO NOT TICK THE FORMAT BOX OR YOUR DATA WILL BE WIPED

For swap
Filesystem swap
Mount point swap
No format available for swap

That's it.

[whitetimer]

Just to clarify, you have separate /, /home and swap partitions right? You want a clean install of Ubuntu but to keep using the existing /home?

Start the install process and in step 4 select manual partitioning. All partitions will be marked as Not Used. Click on each of them one by one, and then the Change button at the bottom.

For /
Change filesystem to what it was, ext3/ext4
Mount point to /
Tick the format box (to make sure old version is wiped)

For /home
Change filesystem to ext3/ext4
Mount point to /home
DO NOT TICK THE FORMAT BOX OR YOUR DATA WILL BE WIPED

For swap
Filesystem swap
Mount point swap
No format available for swap

That's it.


Yes thats what i wish to achieve, so many thanks for that :D

[darkod]

One thing that wasn't mentioned, I don't know if it can work if you create different username. I have only done this when creating the same username in the new install because your home folder now is /home/username and that will remain same with the data inside.
Not sure if it can work if during the new install you create different username.

[whitetimer]

One thing that wasn't mentioned, I don't know if it can work if you create different username. I have only done this when creating the same username in the new install because your home folder now is /home/username and that will remain same with the data inside.
Not sure if it can work if during the new install you create different username.

Ok thanks for that, but i will be using the same name, so no trouble there ;)

Many Thanks