On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, erik wrote:
> I have linux installed and running pretty much to my satisfaction for
> now. What i would like to do tho is make a separate partiton for my
> /home directory so when i upgrade, it is easy to keep all of my
> configurations. Is there an easy way yo do this? I am going to use
> partition magic to make my partition, but how do i make the new
> partiton be the /home partiton with all of the infor in it????
Assuming your new home partition is /dev/hda4:
cd /
mkdir home-new
mount -t ext2 /dev/hda4 /home-new
cp -aRv home/* home-new
umount home-new
rm -rf home/*
mount -t ext2 /dev/hda4 /home
echo "/dev/hda4 /home ext2 defaults 1 2" >>/etc/fstab
LLaP
bero
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