HD Install :: Using /dev/hda6 as /home

I have already installed DSL2.1 to /dev/hda1(5.0gig partition) and it works fine, but I would prefer to run my /home directory from /dev/hda6 (10gig partition)

How do I do this..??

I have searched through the forums and found other people asking similar questions but with no answers given..

Can somebody please help.

Mick

IF you have a frugal grub install then you put home=hda6 in the boot command line of /cdrom/boot/grub/menu.lst. If you have a normal install, then you can put home wherever you want using the move command in bash terminal.

Code Sample

#mv [options] /dev/hda1/home /dev/hda6/home

However, I think you are refering to a working home directory where you store programs that you want to get to separately from the KNOPPIX home directory in DSL. The easy way to do this is just to make another /home in /dev/hda6.

Code Sample

#mkdir /dev/hda6/home/

ref:
http://www.ss64.com/bash/mv.html

http://www.ss64.com/bash/mkdir.html

I will give it a go.. Thanks for the help.. Yes it was a full install not frugal..

Thanks for the help.
Mick

original here.