Hello.
Can I separate linux parts after installing? For example, I installed Linux in one partition but want to move "home" or "usr" to other partition.

Tnx.

just reinstall

The Linux file system is like Microsoft and apples

can you MOVE C:\\users\yourName or move C:\\Program Files or C:\\WINDOWS\system32

Reinstalling is not necessary, though I suggest that you be familiar with things like fstab and gparted before you proceed.

You're going to need a LiveCD/LiveUSB. All it really needs is to be able to mount your partitions and edit partitions. I use the Gparted LiveCD, though you can use almost any other live disto.


Once you're booted into your live distro, resize and create the new partitions. Once you've done that, mount your root partition to /mnt. Then rename the directory, (like "home" to "oldhome"). Then make a new directory ("newhome") and mount the new partion there. Then copy everything from the old directory to the new one. MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU COPY YOU PRESERVE PERMISSIONIS AND OWNERSHIPS. Then unmount the new partition and delete both directories (both oldhome AND newhome), and re-create the original directory ("home"). Then edit your fstab to mount the new partition to the mount point.

Hope this helps!

I can.
With some tools like "Wintools.net" you can rename and change the location of Windows OS directories.

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Can you learn it to me step by step?

1. boot live cd,
2. create a new partition/filesystem on your new disk (gparted, big enough)
3. copy the whole /usr, /home (whatever you wanted to move) onto the new drive (keep permissions)
4. move/rename the old /usr, /home dir for example to /usr.removed, mkdir mount points, /usr or /home
5. modify your original /etc/fstab, add mount of the new filesystem(s)
6. if you made it properly you can boot the original system and will use the new, mounted filesystems. In case of any problem you can use the /usr.removed for reference or in case of any problem
restore: boot live cd, restore fstab, restore renamed dirs and you will get back the original config
7. finally if everything was really ok and tested and working you can really remove /usr.removed

If any point is unclear just ask

I'll give an example, one that I actually did a month ago. I moved my /var to a separate partition.

Shut down the computer.
Boot from a LiveCD.
Open Gparted and move the partitions around until you have a new partition. I'll call it sda3.
Click "apply" and let it do its thing. Depending on what you moved around, it may take a while.
Close Gparted.

Then get a root terminal.
Mount the root filesystem to /mnt. For this example, it's sda1.
Once you've mounted it, rename the directory that you want to move.
Then create a new directory, and mount the partition there.
Copy everything from oldvar to newvar, making sure to keep permissions. I used rsync, but I think you can just use cp if you want to.
Note that you MUST include the trailing / on both paths. Rsync is really picky about that.

Once that's done, you can unmount the new partition
Then delete both of the directories
Then create the directory to mount it to
Then edit your fstab (/mnt/etc/fstab) and add a line for the new partition. For the example I'm using, I would add a line like this:
Then shut down the live session, boot from the hard drive, and you should be good to go!

Hope this helps

Since sysytemd is installed you may have to rebuld initrd so that systemd does't complain about sepreate .usr.