Is it possible to move the /home directory

Forum: HD Install
Topic: Is it possible to move the /home directory
started by: bandito9111

Posted by bandito9111 on April 25 2006,08:28

I am a linux noob an need some help here please.

Is it possible to move the /home directory to another hard drive or partition.

I want to move my /home or /dsl directory to another parition or hard drive because i have a large 2nd hard drive and want to store my files and settings there.
If anyone could lead me in the right direction that would be great. I have a little experience in scripts,etc but would like an example.
Thanks
Dan

Posted by dtf on April 25 2006,10:41

Did you try the cheat like

dsl home=hdb1

or whatever drive partition you want?

hda is the primary drive on the primary IDE cable, hdb is the slave drive on that IDE hdc and hdb use the secondary IDE cable. Anyway I think I am remember that correctly.

The letter is the partition. The letter 'a' is the first partition 'b' the second etc.

You can use
fdisk -l to see what you have available.

Posted by mikshaw on April 25 2006,13:51

fyi, the letter is not the partition, but the drive itself, as you explained earlier. The number is the partition. The letter 'a' in hda2 signifies the primary drive on the primary IDE cable, and the number '2' would signify the second partition on the primary drive.

Posted by pr0f3550r on April 25 2006,18:18

Apropos, does the Knoppix "home=scan" boot option make anysense in DSL?

Posted by dtf on April 25 2006,20:24

Thanks mikshaw for the clarification. If I could only type/say what I am thinking I could actually make a contribution.