mounting /home partition

[zeneknath]

Hi Friends !

Have a already installed debian 6 on my Desktop-PC... How do i move the entire /home folder to a separate sda ext3 partition. coz i have enough unallocated space on my HD. & I do not want to reinstall squeeze again!

Thanks !

[hans51]

I have never done it after install, but it appears obvious and common sense to me.

do all as root:
1. cross your fingers, pray to God, make a full back up of your current /home
2 create a new partition for your new /home - if you can NOT have it with same name
then first rename old /home to anything else like /home_old or whatever
then finish your partition creation and rsync ALL existing /home_old to /home
reboot as user for that home

that's how I would approach it
may be there are other approaches or solutions to same problem

and I would convert the ext3 into ext4 before all above

[rokytnji]

Old thread but still relevant.

Debian User Forums • View topic - Help. How to move home directory

I have moved /home in my AntiX install to another hardrive (16gig ssd) in my dual drive Asus EEEPC Netbook after a Install. Like hans said backup first if new or unskilled. My way will not apply in your situation because I have 2 hardrives.

I explain limitations of my installer Here

How I did mine below

antiX-forum - View topic - Dealing with a Asus EEE 900 install of AntiX 8.5

As hans also said

1. cross your fingers, pray to God, make a full back up of your current /home

Good luck.