Hi. On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 09:03:38AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/cur > > > >rent /images/ > > > > > > I'll get that when the new drives arrive. > > > > > > > Besides, nobody forbids you to create a separate filesystem for > > > > /home after the install. > > > > > > I assume only by mounting a new drive at some temporary location, > > > copying all the installed data from /home to it, then fixing fstab > > > to mount that drive on top of the existing /home directory? I have > > > done that in the past, but not in the last half decade as drives are > > > outrageously big now. > > > > More-or-less yes. You forgot to mention emptying old home, but all > > needed stuff is there. > > > > > This also I think assumes the use of a LABEL=wheezyhome or some > > > such non-confusing name.
Sure, you can. According to mke2fs(8) you should limit label length to 16 bytes, but that's plenty IMO. > > That's one way of doing this. You can also use UUID, plain-old device > > names (/dev/sdb1, or something), or /dev/disk/by-id if you want to be > > on the safe side. > > Device names are out on this machine as 3 of its drives are in a hot swap > cage. The device name stays with the slot. So its best I just search > the rack for the LABEL= when mounting stuff. > > But you mentioned cleaning out /home when mounting another partition over > it, but I'd need a tutorial on how to do that since the .home dir, once > the 2nd drive is mounted oin top of it, isn't accessible. Lisi put it right. Don't mount a new home on top of an old one. Mount a filesystem for the new home elsewhere, move all files from old home to the new one, unmount new home, add a line into fstab, and mount new home. Use LiveCD in the case of doubt. > FWIW, I've > large boatload of stuff in /opt that I'd like to treat the same way. > Same problem with /opt. But I figure I'd do that too as it sure would > save days of copying stuff when upodateing an install. The way I see it - if you manage to move /home then you'll learn how to move /opt. The principle is the same. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
