On 1/10/21 6:57 PM, Wols Lists wrote: > On 11/01/21 00:31, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> 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. > > Are you logging in as root?! THAT'S DANGEROUS! > > Probably not, you are probably misunderstanding me. > > I've just checked, on my system, root's home is /root, which is as it > should be. Is your home /home/username, or is it /username? You make it > sound like it's /username, which I don't think is what you mean ... >> >> 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. >> >> > Ahh ... you didn't say that! That changes everything! > > Okay. I would look to free about 380GB (just enough) at the end of the > disk to create sda5 which will be (at least temporarily) your new /home. > LOGGED IN AS ROOT just mount that on /mnt, and copy the contents of > /home into it. > > Now using your gentoo install disk delete sda4 and split it into two - > your new sda4 for your new gentoo, and a new sda5 (AT LEAST as big as > one you created in the last step), which will shunt the partition you > just created into sda6. Install your new gentoo. > > Now you've got sda4 (/), sda5 (which will be /home), and sda6 (where > you've just copied your old /home). Mount sda6 on /mnt again, and copy > it to /home (sda5). > > Finally, delete sda6, extend sda5 to use the space you've just freed, > and expand the filesystem on /home to use the full size of the extended > partition. > > That'll probably leave you with a 150GB /root, but that'll be plenty I > expect (and a 760GB /home). > > Cheers, > Wol >
Thank you, that will work too!
