home on a 2nd hard drive

[Bob Jonkman]

On 12-08-28 05:22 PM, Doug Stewart wrote:

> It is now working!!! Thanks to Bob.
>
> I had to  do
>
>  /dev/sdb1 /home ext3 defaults 0 0
>
> notice the / on home.
>
> Doug


Whoops!  I should have known better!  Glad to year you're back up and
running.

How's the sudo situation?

--Bob.



> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Doug Stewart <doug.dastew at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It sounds like you may be having two different problems: 1) the drive
>>> containing /home folder is not mounted (so you're seeing /home from the
>>> same mount as the root filesystem) and 2) you no longer have sudo
>>> privileges.
>>>
>>> Fix 1) first. Can you log in as root?  If yes, then:
>>>
>>> 1. log in as root (from a terminal, if necessary)
>>>
>>> 2. open /etc/fstab in an editor
>>>
>>> 3. if there's a line that mounts /home then comment it out (put a # in
>>> front)
>>>
>>> 4. add a line like '/dev/sdb1 home ext4 defaults 0 0' (be sure to use the
>>> /dev/ device and fstype appropriate for your system)
>>>
>>> 5. Save the /etc/fstab file
>>>
>>> 6. Reboot!
>>>
>>>
>>> If you can't log in as root then boot from a live CD and follow the
>>> steps above, but make sure that you work on the /etc/fstab that's on your
>>> system's drive, not the live CD's filesystem.  You'll need to use sudo to
>>> edit /etc/fstab
>>>
>>> Let us know if that fixes things.  We can tackle your sudo problem once
>>> your home directory is restored.
>>>
>>> --Bob.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Bob I will use a boot disk as I can't sudo.
>>
>> I will report latter.
>> Doug
>>
>>
>>
> It is now working!!! Thanks to Bob.
> 
> I had to  do
> 
>  /dev/sdb1 /home ext3 defaults 0 0
> 
> notice the / on home.
> 
> Doug
> 
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On 2012-08-28 08:18, Doug Stewart wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Doug Stewart <doug.dastew at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I have a problem! I started with ubuntu 10.04 and did an upgrade to
>>>>> 12.04.1 using Update Manager.
>>>>>
>>>>> In 10.04 I had /home on a 2nd hard drive, and all through the
>>>>> update procedure it was using /home on the 2nd hard drive. At the
>>>>> end of the update procedure it did a reboot, but it failed to mount
>>>>> the /home on the 2nd hard drive!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) It does start up but does not recognize my old password. So
>>>>> what password will it be wanting for sudo???? I can run as Guest!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) How do I make it use my /home from the 2nd hard drive?????
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank in advance for any help you can give me. Doug Stewart
>>>>>
>>>>> -- DAS

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