migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

[monteagus]

Hi as many noobs out here im migrating from ubuntu... i used to have my laptop dualbooting win 7 and ubuntu ,withing ubuntu i had 2 partitions one for the sistem "/" and one for /home/.... the thing is that i downloaded kubuntu 11.10 64bit "live cd" and boot it then i proced to do the instalation and when i reach the part in wich i have to choose where to install it i pic custom or something like that. next i choosed to only install the "/" in the parttition where it used to be the old ubuntu "/". called sda5 or something like that.
it all went great, but now i have like 2 home folders or something ...i realise that the new instalation never got the notice that i allready have an old /home/ partition.
So the question cames here... how do i make my old /home/ became my new one? wich is in another partition.
sorry for my english* i think its a bit understandable but if you need anymore info feel free to ask me.

[vinnywright]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

you would add a line to /etc/fstab pointing to the location of the old /home .

BUT I don't think I would do that as the old home will contain Ubuntu/gnome/unity configs in it and may cause quirks.

you can though link the old Music,Documents,ect,ect to the current /home .

which way would you like to go?

VINNY

[monteagus]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

ohh i see..thanks but i also forgot to mention my previus so was ubuntu 10.10* XD does it changes something?

[monteagus]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

any noob in the same situtation?

[sealbhach]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

I'm not sure what the problem is?

Do

cat /etc/fstab

and copy and paste the result here.

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[monteagus]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

the problem is that i want to use my old home directory.but its in a direferent partition



# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=ade15ea4-ebc4-4b34-ad46-de4a9db7650b / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=e3ce1280-9b8e-4b97-bb19-8a835203c6e6 none swap sw 0 0

[sealbhach]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

OK, looks like you forgot to do "Use this partition" for your /home during installation. So you will need to add an entry for it in /etc/fstab so that it's mounted correctly at boot.

Also run

df -h

and

sudo fdisk -l

so that we can see your partition layout

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[monteagus]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 12G 4,5G 6,9G 40% /
udev 1,9G 4,0K 1,9G 1% /dev
tmpfs 765M 840K 765M 1% /run
none 5,0M 0 5,0M 0% /run/lock
none 1,9G 2,1M 1,9G 1% /run/shm
/dev/sda7 285G 166G 105G 62% /media/c1d67e6b-c235-48ba-aa35-779241795423



sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xebf54992

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 208844 104391 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 208896 30928895 15360000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 30928896 256208895 112640000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 256210942 976771071 360280065 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 256210944 281618431 12703744 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 281620480 297248767 7814144 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 297250816 902721535 302735360 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 902723584 976771071 37023744 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT



im dual booting with win7 and sda7 use to be my old home... it used to be mounted by Ubuntu 10.10 not kubuntu

[sealbhach]

Re: migrating from ubuntu to kubuntu

OK let's get the UUID for /dev/sda7

do

sudo blkid /dev/sda7

Once you get that, open up /etc/fstab for editing

kdesudo kate /etc/fstab

and add this line to the end of the file

UUID= /home      ext4  defaults    0    2

You just need to add the UUID and make sure you have the right file type - ext3 or ext4 or whatever (see your contents of /etc/fstab in your previous post if you're confused).

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