Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 02:49:10 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> [email protected] wrote: >>> or is it >>> as simple as coping all file from "home" partition to "/" home folder. >>> >> That's what I would do. First, umount /home. Mount /home somewhere >> else like /mnt/tmp or something. Copy everything from /mnt/tmp to >> /home. Make sure to remove any entries in fstab for /home too. Then >> umount /mnt/tmp and carry on. I don't think I'm missing anything. > Or you can bind mount / somewhere and copy /home to home on the bind > mount, saves unmounting anything. > > mount --bind / /mnt/tmp > rsync -a /home/ /mnt/tmp/home/ >
True. I'm not to familiar with bind mounting, unless I copy and paste from a wiki or something. Would be easier tho. ;-) >> I'm with Thomas tho, I've always kept /home on a separate partition. It >> has made things easier when I have to reinstall, lose a drive etc etc. >> Things happen and having eggs in separate baskets can help. That said, >> if it will work best for your needs or circumstances or both, then it is >> what it is. > Agreed, it also helps with backing up you are likely to have different > requirements for backing up the OS, which is replaceable, and your data, > which isn't. > > > -- Neil Bothwick First Law of Laboratory Work: Hot glass looks exactly > the same as cold glass. I like your sigs. Sometimes they have me rolling. ROFL Dale :-) :-)
