How do I get /dev/hda3 to be my /home directory?

[ironduke]

hi all,
I installed from the knoppix 5.1.1 live CD using knoppix-installer but it didn't give me any choices about where I want partitions mounted.

How can I make the new system (which now calls itself Debian) mount my third partition /dev/hda3 as /home?

[devils casper]

create a mount_point (folder) in your home_folder. check the contents of /etc/fstab file.
if fstab has an entry of /dev/hda3, replace mount_point with the path of folder that you have created in /home/<user_name>.
if it hasn't, add mount code for /dev/hda3.

[CodeRoot]

ironduke, I think devils_casper may have mis-understood the intent of your question. None-the-less, if you will post the contents of '/etc/fstab' , we can look at it and perhaps see what your next step should be...

[ironduke]

robert@pyllvier:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /media/cdrom1 iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda1 none swap defaults 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda3 /home ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdc /media/hdc auto ro,noauto,users,exec 0 0



yeah I edited /etc/fstab earlier but it still does not come up as /home automatically. Interestingly the line marked:

# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda3 /home ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

was not what I added myself
.. hmm what if I change "noauto" to "auto"?

[devils casper]

/dev/hda3 is mounted as /home only. you dont need to mount it again.

[ironduke]

but it doesn't mount automatically. ie /dev/hda3 is not mounted as /home.

[CodeRoot]

should work...

I assume that 'it still does not come up as /home automatically' means "when I boot/reboot"...

I assume you tried umount/mount manually.

Changing 'noauto' to 'auto' is probably a good idea...

For what it is worth, you might change the '0 0' on that line to '0 2'.

[ironduke]

yes changing noauto to auto worked but now I can't start x because it can't find the user settings.
start again! the old home is gone anyway :^(

I think I'll try and find another distro that behaves.

[devils casper]

but it doesn't mount automatically. ie /dev/hda3 is not mounted as /home.

its mounting /dev/hda3 automatically. installer has created a separate /home partition.
default Partition Structure changes distro to distro. Fedora creates two partition /boot and / (root) and SuSe creates three, /boot, / and /home.

knoppix installer has created 3 partitions /boot, / and /home like SuSe. i suggest you not to change anything in /etc/fstab file.

EDIT:

yes changing noauto to auto worked but now I can't start x because it can't find the user settings.
start again! the old home is gone anyway :^(

I think I'll try and find another distro that behaves.

edit /etc/fstab file again and restore /home line back to original.

[CodeRoot]

Try positioning all '/dev/hda*' lines above '/proc' (with '/dev/hda2').

(To a certain degree, the order of the lines is significant.)