but if you do it as i say its kinda dirty... On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Stephen wrote: > or do the chown permissions check and then just alter your mount for > hda7 in fstab clearing out the contents of home so it can be a new > mount point. > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM, JD Austin wrote: >> First chown the old directories to have the same owner and permissions they >> used to. >> Then move the new home to home2 (or whatever). >> Then either symlink or create a mount point to the old home. >> reboot. >> If all is well then you can delete home2 (or whatever). >> JD >> -- >> JD Austin >> Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC >> jd@twingeckos.com >> 480.288.8195x201 >> http://www.twingeckos.com >> >> >> Mitch Hedberg  - "I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle." >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: >>> >>> In reinstalling my Linux system, I ended up with two /home/joe >>> directories -- a new one on my hda5 partition that I designated as "/" >>> and another on partition hda7 where it had been from my original >>> installation.  All of my original files are still in the /home/joe >>> directory on partition hda7 (which is what I was trying to preserve). >>> That part worked out fine.  But how do I get rid of the extra >>> /home/joe directory that the reinstallation put on hda5 and make the >>> /home/joe directory on hda7 the one that the system finds. >>> >>> I've posted a jpg of the partition layout at this link: >>> http://www.upquick.com/view/partition.jpg >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss