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How to move /home directory to another drive

Hi,
I have a new system where mageia 4 has been installed on an ssd and would like to put /home dir on the second drive. I think it is /dev/sdb1

the fstab:

Code:

# Entry for /dev/sda1 :

UUID=2bb07894-5cbe-4359-8db8-8adb82b7673f / ext4 defaults 1 1

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

# Entry for /dev/sdb1 :

UUID=1db2ed92-3662-4a0b-b50c-5a2f4de6a797 /storage ext4 acl,relatime 1 2

# Entry for /dev/sda5 :

UUID=ea7969f3-1364-4e4c-a799-0b0073ef1b43 swap swap defaults 0 0

[nigel@localhost ~]$

Will I have to remove and add the users?

No, it's just data. There are a bunch of how-to's on the web.

once you moved the data to the new drive, you have to 1) rename your old home/username
2) in fsatb, mount the new drive to /home/username

Its all going now. Thanks

Is this line on the fstab ok since this is an ssd?

Quote:

# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=2bb07894-5cbe-4359-8db8-8adb82b7673f / ext4 defaults 1 1

does it work as expected?

Yes it's all ok now.