Can I change the /home folder after ubuntu installation?

Question

I had installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a clear 40gb hd, but now i have a 100gb partition that i want to use as a /home folder, is there a problem to simple use fstab to change the mounting point?

I'm thinking to copy/paste all the archives in actual /home folder to this 100gb partition and then change the mounting point in fstab.

Edit: I will not make this because this 100gb partition is ntfs type, so no donuts for me.

Dublicate question answered http://askubuntu.com/questions/20287/how-to-re-mount-a-different-partition-as-home — Kangarooo, Nov 10 '11 at 02:00

score 26 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '13 at 08:03

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Check out the howto: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving

The basic steps are as follows:

Setup your new partition.
Backup and edit your fstab file (/etc/fstab) to mount the new partition as /media/home (just for the time being) and reboot.
Use rsync to migrate all data from /home into /media/home.
Edit fstab again so the new partition mounts as /home instead of /media/home but not reboot just yet.
Move /home to /old_home and reboot.
Delete /old_home.

edited Jul 24 '13 at 08:03

Alaa Ali

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answered Nov 10 '11 at 01:10

mikewhatever

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Thank you, your answer is pretty simple and yet so explanatory. – Gustavo Ganso Nov 10 '11 at 01:15
I know nothing about the fstab, could you detail what I need to do on it? – The Student Jul 05 '13 at 17:42
You need to learn what fstab is, and how to edit it. It's really not that hard. – mikewhatever Jul 05 '13 at 20:45
Thanks. Your answer made that linked article less daunting!! – Phani Sep 19 '14 at 15:41

Can I change the /home folder after ubuntu installation?

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