On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:46:03 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Palmer. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been reading different partitioning howtos but can't find any > > reference to a situation I thought I would like to install. > > It's probably a newbie idea, but I wondered if it would be possible > > to have system partitions on one drive, and posting to /home on > > another. If it is possible, > > Sure, easy. > > does anybody have a reference they could point me to? > > > It depends on where you're starting from. Assuming you have a > functional system, and you've just added in a new drive: > > 1) Partition the new drive, say "cfdisk /dev/hdb". To keep things > conceptually easy here, we'll assume the entire drive will be one > partition. So create a new partition, using the entire drive. It'll be > > of type "linux". > > 2) Format the new partition, say "mkfs /dev/hdb1". > > 3) Inform /etc/fstab of the new partition, say: > > /dev/hdb1 /home ext2 rw 0 2 > > 4) Temporarily mount your new partition, say: > mkdir /tmpHome > mount /dev/hdb1 /tmpHome > > 5) Copy over your existing /home directory, say "cp -a /home/ > /tmpHome" > > 6) Switch to single user mode, say "init S". > > 7) Make sure /home is not mounted, say > mount > if it's mounted, "umount /home" > > 8) Rename your current home directory, say "mv /home /home.bak" > > 9) Create a new home directory, with the same permissions/ownership as > > the old one, say: > mkdir /home > ls -ld /home.bak (to see old perms) > chown and chmod as necessary > > 10) Mount the new directory to make sure it looks right, say: > mount /home > > 11) Return to normal mode, say "init 2". > > That should do it. > > -- > Kent > Thanks for that. I don't understand what half of it means, but finding out is what it's all about. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
