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On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 21:29 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > I have a 2nd hardisk which is about 40gb in size,(blank) my 1st harddisk > is about 60gb and currently has ubuntu 9.04 installed, this has a > separate /home partition > > if I install 10.04 to the 2nd partition will it pick up my existing > /home accounts and allow me to keep all my work / settings etc, > (provided the related software is installed of course). > > Just wondered, as I don't have an external hard disk to back stuff up to > yet. So doing this would be useful, I can then use my 1st hard disk > for data and wipe 9.04 bit and use it for something else, (more data > perhaps) and symlink it to a directory in /home/user/extra_space or > something. > > I just want to know if it will pick up what i have. > > > /dev/sda1 20161172 6886560 12250472 36% / > tmpfs 513372 0 513372 0% /lib/init/rw > varrun 513372 328 513044 1% /var/run > varlock 513372 0 513372 0% /var/lock > udev 513372 160 513212 1% /dev > tmpfs 513372 364 513008 1% /dev/shm > lrm 513372 2192 511180 1% > /lib/modules/2.6.28-18-generic/volatile > /dev/sda5 6593752 2833524 3425276 46% /media/music > /dev/sda7 28447276 24986284 2015948 93% /home > > > details as above, i dont think the 2nd hard disk is shown. When you install 10.04 it will ask if you want to erase teh entire disk and insatll it, or if you want to install to the remaining empty space, a third option is custom partitioning, I can't recall its exact wording, this is the one you want to choose. You will then get something looking a lot like gparted, select where your existing /home partition is by clicking it, then in the drop down list to the lower right (going off memory) choose /home You DO NOT want to format it, by default the checkbox won''t be selected to format so leave it alone, I am mentioning it so you can double check, as I'm going off memory again. Then you can just click on the partition you want / to be, and choose / from the drop down, you may want to format this, perhaps to ext4 or something. If (and it should be) the second HD you are adding is visible you can also elect to partition it, format it, and decided where to mount it, perhaps /mnt/data/ then you can always symlink as you suggest from ~/ Hope that helps, if in doubt, backup your /home to the spare 40gb for the moment, then if it all goes pear shaped you have your back up, when its up and running you can unke that 40gb and set it up after, personally though I would have no fear in doing it the way I described, my most important photo's and documents are backed up, everything else doesn't matter so much and is merely bandwidth/time to replace. -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html