Try adding something like this to fstab.
/dev/sdb1 /home ext4 defaults 1 1
The new home directory that's under / will still be there, but the
system won't see it. Instead it will see the partition mentioned
above. Be sure to replace /dev/sdb1 with the partition on the disc that
contains the home directory you want. Also make sure the right
filesystem is listed. Don't put in ext4 if you're using reiserfs.
On 01/09/2013 02:02 PM,
joe@actionline.com wrote:
> Just installed kubuntu 12.10 (root partition only) to replace 12.04 on one
> of my computers, and made sure to preserve (not write over) the
> pre-existing /home partition. But now I have a new /home directory inside
> the root (/) directory, and the original /home directory is not mounted.
> fdisk -l shows this:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders, total 195371568 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x282d282d
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda2 206848 61794303 30793728 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda3 61796350 195371007 66787329 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 61796352 67848191 3025920 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda6 67850240 87379967 9764864 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 87382016 195371007 53994496 83 Linux
>
> So, what is the best procedure to replace the newly created /home
> directory and replace it with the previous (original) /home directory?
> Both are ext4 and both have the same owner and group names.
>
> Can I just add /dev/sda7 (the previous /home) to /etc/fstab (contents
> shown below) and will doing that delete/replace the new /home directory?
> Or are additional steps needed?
>
> joe@T60: cat /etc/fstab
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> # / was on /dev/sda6 during installation
> UUID=864ca0e6-f82c-4394-b497-012083b40115 / ext4 errors=remount-ro
> 0 1
> # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
> UUID=dc56632c-3c80-4f8e-87e1-2a1d65ddc281 none swap sw
> 0 0
>
> FWIW, 'df' currently shows this:
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda6 9611492 3895244 5228008 43% /
> udev 1540144 4 1540140 1% /dev
> tmpfs 620500 820 619680 1% /run
> none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
> none 1551244 80 1551164 1% /run/shm
> none 102400 8 102392 1% /run/user
>
> Also, what is the procedure to mount /dev/sda2 (the windows7 partition) so
> I can access certain files on that partition.
>
>
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