Transfer of folders from one harddrive to another

[Peter09]

mounting a hard drive is a software activity not a hardware thing. You will need to mount it using the mount command.

[manoka]

What is the mount point for your second drive

I found some info which reads:

Mounted on /media/disk-1

Otherwise I can't follow the instructions on http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

Where I'm supposed to "select Resize/Move", this option isn't active (it's displayed in grey instead of black).

[Peter09]

Thats all about making a separate home and partitioning your drive. You want to be able to mount your drive.

[Peter09]

try this command

mkdir ~/Desktop/temporary

sudo mount /dev/sdb ~/Desktop/temporary

If that works post the output of

df -l

[manoka]

I'm getting the following responses:

mkdir ~/Desktop/temporary

mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/vital/Desktop/temporary': No space left on device

sudo mount /dev/sdb ~/Desktop/temporary

mount: mount point /home/vital/Desktop/temporary does not exist

[Peter09]

The first command failed because you have no space left on your first disk. Try emptying your waste bin and cleaning up.

[manoka]

Now I'm getting the following responses:

mkdir ~/Desktop/temporary

mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/vital/Desktop/temporary': File exists

sudo mount /dev/sdb ~/Desktop/temporary

mount: /dev/sdb already mounted or /home/vital/Desktop/temporary busy

df -l

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 18398028 17162704 300748 99% /
varrun 322744 96 322648 1% /var/run
varlock 322744 4 322740 1% /var/lock
udev 322744 76 322668 1% /dev
devshm 322744 0 322744 0% /dev/shm
lrm 322744 34696 288048 11% /lib/modules/2.6.22-16-generic/volatile
overflow 1024 24 1000 3% /tmp
/dev/sdb1 286584348 13820544 258206108 6% /media/disk-1

[Peter09]

According to this line in your df -l output

/dev/sdb1 286584348 13820544 258206108 6% /media/disk-1

your disk is already mounted at /media/disk-1

if you got to that directory you should see the contents of your disk. It should also be appearing in your places menu.

[manoka]

Now that this is finally sorted out, is it possible to move or to copy my personal files (and folders) - actually I already copied my Home Folder to the bigger harddrive - and possibly the settings and applications as well (to preserve them for a clean install upgrade), to the bigger harddrive, and if yes, how?

[Peter09]

Best start new thread, this ones complete