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On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 03:33:17AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb1 

mkfs.ext3 is a better option at this point.

> move data to new partition with
> mv /home/* /mnt/home2

cp -ax /home/ /mnt/home

Make sure everything looks good twice, *then*

rm -rf /home/

(Always think twice, delete once.)

> get rid of old home directory with
> rmdir /home

Keep it around, you need an empty /home as a mount point.

> cfdisk /dev/hdb

If you're repartitioning a live system, parted is way safer.

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