On 1/10/21 3:46 PM, antlists wrote: > On 10/01/2021 21:42, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> I want to move /home directory to a new partition (save drive). >> >> I have 1-SSD drive: >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% >> /dev/sda4 916G 405G 464G 47% / >> >> >> Home directory is on it taking about 360GB >> >> I was planning doing it in stages. >> >> Stage-1 >> Using Gparted to resize "/" portion shirk it to about 450GB >> create new ext4 partition for /home /dev/sda5 >> >> Boot-strap the PC with live-gentoo >> mv /home /home.org >> mkdir /home >> mount ext4 /dev/sda5 /home/ >> >> cp -rp /home.org/* /home/ >> >> edit fstab: >> /dev/sda5 /home ext4 default 0 0 >> reboot and test home >> >> Am I missing something? > > Couple of things. > > Firstly, why use a gentoo live disk? Just log in as root. > > Secondly, why rename home? Just mount sda5 on /mnt to do the move, then add > it to fstab to mount on /home. > > And a little bit you might have missed - DON'T put root's home on a mounted > disk - if it's currently in /home, move it to /. Don't forget to edit > /etc/passwd if you have to move it.
Can you elaborate pls.? My current "home" is in "/"; so why move it there, it is already there. I don't have extra disk around, but I could copy /home over network to another PC. I was planning to move "home" to another partition as I plan to wipe old installation (it is impossible for me to upgrade); it will be easier to reinstall. My old installation is: Portage 2.3.24 (python 3.5.4-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop, gcc-6.4.0, glibc-2.25-r10, 4.9.72-gentoo x86_64) Since, old installation has home or "/" (root) partition, if I wipe the root, home will be gone as well. So I was planning on moving "home" to another partition, this way all data will be there. So, after moving "home" to another partition "sda5" I can wipe the "sda4" and re-install gentoo. "home" data would not be touched by upgrade.
