Hi there, Complete Linux newbie, so please be kind....My computer has three hard drives. I have performed a clean install of Ubuntu 10.10. I selected the default options and the install went smoothly. The only issue I encountered was a missing video mode but I was able to fix this using guidance on these forums. The filesystem has been installed on the first of my hard drives (sda). This has a single partition (sda1). These are my current settings.
80 Gb sda sda1 Ext 4 /
250Gb sdb sdb1 Ext4 /media/sdb1 *
165Gb sdc sdc1 Ext4 /media/sdc1*
* I created these partitions using the disk utility (Ext4 filesystem) and mounted them to the deault location (/media)
I would like to move the /home directory to the 250Gb drive.
Failed Attempts
I have tried to move the /home directory using the GUI from sda1 to sda2 but this did not work. The files moved across but the home location for the users did not actually change.
I also changed the location of the /home directory for all users in the advanced user accounts settings to /media/sdb1/home/name. But after a reboot the home folder still pointed to sda1
I have searched the forums and there are walkthroughs for moving the /home directory to another partition on the same drive, but I have been unable to find one specifically relating to moving the /home directory to another drive.
Help!
Any advice would be appreciated. Below are a some of questions that I hope someone can help me with:
* Where do I need to mount sdb1? The default location seems to be /media/sdb1. Can I mount sdb1 directly to the home directory (mnt /dev/sdb1 /home) or am i being stupid?
* What file system should I use for sdb1? The drive will be used mainly to store my MP3 collection. I want to share folders on the drive with another computer (XP) on my network
* Do I need to alter the fstab? I downloaded the pySDM program.....had a play about without doing enough research and now my system won't boot! Never mind I'll do another clean install and try again.
Thanks in advance.
Paul
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