Once you've created /dev/hdb1 and mkfs'd it (you did use -j, right?),
mount it temporarily:

mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/tmp

Then to get all the permissions and such, I'd use tar:

cd /home
tar c * | tar xf - -C /mnt/tmp

Then check to make sure it went correctly.  Compare the two below:

du /mnt/tmp
du /home

If you are *certain* you got a good copy, you can delete the contents of
/home to free space.

If they went OK, then change /etc/fstab so it looks something like this:

/dev/hdb1   /home   ext3   defaults   1 2

Finally, mount it:

mount /home
-- 
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
http://www.camerontech.com
(512) 454-3200 

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> How can I move my /home directory?  Right now it's part of the root 
> directory on hda3 and I'd like to move it to hdb1.
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