How do I move home out of OS partition into a partition of its own

[Bret Busby]

On 25/01/2019, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote:
> On 2019-01-24 16:46, Wynona Stacy Lockwood wrote:
>
>> " What is the procedure for me to now move the home directories on each
>> system, into partitions of their own? "
>>
>> Well, once you add disk, it's reasonably straightforward.
>
> Addendum: if following the instructions below, suggest that you be
> logged in as root, and not simply sudo'd.  Your session could become
> *very* confused if files are moved out from under it, or mounted on top,
> etc.
>
>> 1: mount new formatted partition that will be home somewhere you can get
>> to it, like say under /mnt somewhere.
>> 2. Move everything from /home/ into that partition.
>> 3. Add a line to /etc/fstab specifying  that you want that partition
>> mounted at /home/ at boot time.
>> 4. run 'mount -a' to double check that it works.
>> 5. Optionally, reboot to make sure.
>>
>> --
>> Wynona Stacy Lockwood
>> stacy at guppylog.com
>> (847) 579-9753

My understanding is that Ubuntu Linux does not allow for logging in as
root; that superuser actions need to be performed using sudo.


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Bret Busby
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