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Chas.I <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- <A HREF="mailto:irons.charles@gmail.com">irons.charles@gmail.com</A> Home +2711 782 8623 Mobile +2783 588 0028 ***************************** </TD> </TR> </TABLE> On Sat, 2013-01-19 at 09:20 +0000, ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Send ubuntu-za mailing list submissions to <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</A> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za-request@lists.ubuntu.com</A> You can reach the person managing the list at <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</A> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-za digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Home directory (Bill Cairns) 2. Re: Home directory (Wesley Werner) 3. Re: Home directory (Bill Cairns) 4. Re: Home directory (Frans de waal) 5. Re: Home directory (Bill Cairns) 6. Re: Home directory (Wesley Werner) </PRE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="1"> <TR> <TD> email message attachment ([ubuntu-za] Home directory) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Bill Cairns <<A HREF="mailto:Bill%20Cairns%20%3ccairnsww@gmail.com%3e">cairnsww@gmail.com</A>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Home directory Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:08:41 +0200 <PRE> So. I finally decided that my problems with my 12.10 machine were probably caused by a bad install and so I decided to re-install One of the options on the re-install is to simply re-install. So I did that and the system ended up worse than before. Not only did it immediately blow with a Combiz error, but it so slow that the mouse was barely usable. So I decided on The next option which is to completely reinstall. Warning - I was going to lose all my files. OK - I have a good backup so off I went. It took a long time (it seemed to sit on "Reinstalling old applications" for yonks. Heck - I didn't even want it to re-install old applications). But eventually I have a good 12.10 installation. At least I have not had a Compiz error and the mouse is great. But now I find I made a silly error during the re-installation and did not tell the sector manager that my Home directory was already on sector DB6 (or something). So it created me a new Home directory on the Root sector.. How (without re-installing please!) can I tell it that actually my Home directory is on a different sector? Bill </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="1"> <TR> <TD> email message attachment (Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Wesley Werner <<A HREF="mailto:Wesley%20Werner%20%3cwesley.werner@gmail.com%3e">wesley.werner@gmail.com</A>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:42:07 +0200 Hi Bill. What you need to do, is edit /etc/fstab. That file controls what partitions your system mounts during boot. Look for the line the points to your /home and replace the mount point to the /dev/sdbX location. Before that though, just confirm the partition of your old home with fdisk -l. Mount it manually to look at it's contents if you are unsure. Also, if you dont see any existing fstab entry for home, it means you will just have to add it. I recommend you to 'man fstab' or google what the file does, just to familiarize yourself. On Jan 18, 2013 8:09 PM, "Bill Cairns" <<A HREF="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com">cairnsww@gmail.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> So. I finally decided that my problems with my 12.10 machine were probably caused by a bad install and so I decided to re-install One of the options on the re-install is to simply re-install. So I did that and the system ended up worse than before. Not only did it immediately blow with a Combiz error, but it so slow that the mouse was barely usable. So I decided on The next option which is to completely reinstall. Warning - I was going to lose all my files. OK - I have a good backup so off I went. It took a long time (it seemed to sit on "Reinstalling old applications" for yonks. Heck - I didn't even want it to re-install old applications). But eventually I have a good 12.10 installation. At least I have not had a Compiz error and the mouse is great. But now I find I made a silly error during the re-installation and did not tell the sector manager that my Home directory was already on sector DB6 (or something). So it created me a new Home directory on the Root sector.. How (without re-installing please!) can I tell it that actually my Home directory is on a different sector? Bill -- ubuntu-za mailing list <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="1"> <TR> <TD> email message attachment (Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Bill Cairns <<A HREF="mailto:Bill%20Cairns%20%3ccairnsww@gmail.com%3e">cairnsww@gmail.com</A>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:40:57 +0200 <PRE> I must have written this while half asleep! What I should have written is that I mucked up my partitions - my Home directory is on a different partition, but the installer created a new one on my Root partition. I hope that is a bit crearer! Bill On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Bill Cairns <<A HREF="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com">cairnsww@gmail.com</A>> wrote: > So. > > I finally decided that my problems with my 12.10 machine were probably > caused by a bad install and so I decided to re-install > > One of the options on the re-install is to simply re-install. So I did > that and the system ended up worse than before. Not only did it > immediately blow with a Combiz error, but it so slow that the mouse > was barely usable. So I decided on > > The next option which is to completely reinstall. Warning - I was > going to lose all my files. OK - I have a good backup so off I went. > It took a long time (it seemed to sit on "Reinstalling old > applications" for yonks. Heck - I didn't even want it to re-install > old applications). But eventually > > I have a good 12.10 installation. At least I have not had a Compiz > error and the mouse is great. But now I find > > I made a silly error during the re-installation and did not tell the > sector manager that my Home directory was already on sector DB6 (or > something). So it created me a new Home directory on the Root sector.. > > How (without re-installing please!) can I tell it that actually my > Home directory is on a different sector? > > Bill </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="1"> <TR> <TD> email message attachment (Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Frans de waal <<A HREF="mailto:Frans%20de%20waal%20%3cmeesterarend@gmail.com%3e">meesterarend@gmail.com</A>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:33:46 +0200 On Jan 19, 2013 6:41 AM, "Bill Cairns" <<A HREF="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com">cairnsww@gmail.com</A>> wrote: > > I must have written this while half asleep! > > What I should have written is that I mucked up my partitions - my Home > directory is on a different partition, but the installer created a new > one on my Root partition. > > I hope that is a bit crearer! > > Bill > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Bill Cairns <<A HREF="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com">cairnsww@gmail.com</A>> wrote: > > So. > > You still need to edit /etc/fstab and add the home partition... if you want you can look for a utility to help, but your best option would be to google "adding partitions to fstab". There are two formats for inserting the partition, adding it as /dev/sd? Is easy and straight forward... though adding it ussing the device id is more reliable when you add another hdd to the system. HTH Frans de Waal > > I finally decided that my problems with my 12.10 machine were probably > > caused by a bad install and so I decided to re-install > > > > One of the options on the re-install is to simply re-install. So I did > > that and the system ended up worse than before. Not only did it > > immediately blow with a Combiz error, but it so slow that the mouse > > was barely usable. So I decided on > > > > The next option which is to completely reinstall. Warning - I was > > going to lose all my files. OK - I have a good backup so off I went. > > It took a long time (it seemed to sit on "Reinstalling old > > applications" for yonks. Heck - I didn't even want it to re-install > > old applications). But eventually > > > > I have a good 12.10 installation. At least I have not had a Compiz > > error and the mouse is great. But now I find > > > > I made a silly error during the re-installation and did not tell the > > sector manager that my Home directory was already on sector DB6 (or > > something). So it created me a new Home directory on the Root sector.. > > > > How (without re-installing please!) can I tell it that actually my > > Home directory is on a different sector? > > > > Bill > > -- > ubuntu-za mailing list > <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A> > <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="1"> <TR> <TD> email message attachment (Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Bill Cairns <<A HREF="mailto:Bill%20Cairns%20%3ccairnsww@gmail.com%3e">cairnsww@gmail.com</A>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:28:07 +0200 <PRE> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Frans de waal <<A HREF="mailto:meesterarend@gmail.com">meesterarend@gmail.com</A>> wrote: >> > You still need to edit /etc/fstab and add the home partition... if you want > you can look for a utility to help, but your best option would be to google > "adding partitions to fstab". There are two formats for inserting the > partition, adding it as /dev/sd? Is easy and straight forward... though > adding it ussing the device id is more reliable when you add another hdd to > the system. > HTH > Frans de Waal Thanks Wesley and Frans. I must admit that fstab terrifies me! I fixed it once before (to mount a 500 GB disk that I have on the machine) and that took a lot of courage. But I will persevere. How do I know which partition I want to use? And how do I find the UUID of a partition? Here is my fdisk output for sdb (sdba is my additional disk): bill@Lucy:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0003fd95 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 2048 19533821 9765887 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 19533822 312580095 146523137 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 19533824 19544063 5120 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb6 19546112 312580095 146516992 83 Linux It seems a bit strange that sdb2 and sbd6 overlap. Somewhere in there is my Home folder! (Sorry - I have not done the Googling yet, but am about to!) Thanks Bill </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="1"> <TR> <TD> email message attachment (Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory) </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Wesley Werner <<A HREF="mailto:Wesley%20Werner%20%3cwesley.werner@gmail.com%3e">wesley.werner@gmail.com</A>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Home directory Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:20:48 +0200 Hi Bill. First thing is to make a backup of your fstab just in case. : sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak As long as you dont alter the line for your /, the worst that can happen is it will fail to mount your old home, and you can just edit and try again :) sdb2 is an extended partition, its a 'fake' partition that holds other partitions, as a work-around to overcome the 4 partition limit of days-of-yore. The sdb6 seems likely the one you want to add. Perhaps someone here can reply with their /home line to use as reference for you, Bill. Sorry I am not at any pc today, and likely not until monday. :/ Oh, and you dont have to use uuid's, those are suggested and very useful in server systems where one may swap or add hard disks regularly, but the old /dev/sdxy path is still supported and an easy alternative for home users. Just be aware that adding a new disk, depending where on the cable or bus, could alter your device points, i.e. Sda could become sdb (this behaviour can be overidden via jumper switches on the drives). </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>