Quoting "Jeremy C. Reed" : > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Ric Fischer wrote: > > > 1. How can I find out if my /home is in its own partition? > > df > mount > > > 2. If it isn't in its own partition, how do I make a new partition and > > move /home over there? (I have a lot of hard drive space left, so if > > there's a way to squeeze down the size of existing partition(s) and > > use the reclaimed space, that would be great.) > > fdisk (or sfdisk or cfdisk or other partitioning tool) to create new > partition > > mkfs to create filesystem on new partition. (Be careful to not mkfs an > existing partition.) > > mount new partition (and add to /etc/fstab as /home for later reboots). > > Copy all of /home to new mount point. Be sure to preserve all attributes. > I've found that rsync works great for this: > mv /home /home.old > > unmount new partition and mount as /home # rsync -auv /home.old /home > > Remove /home.old once you think new /home is fine. > > Have fun! > > Jeremy C. Reed > > technical support & remote administration > http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > R. Whitney Transcend Development "Producing the next phase of your internet presence" http://xend.net Premium Quality Web Hosting http://xendhosting.com rw AT xend.net Net Binder http://netbinder.net 310-943-6498 602-288-5340 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss