How did you move it in the first place? Guess you can use the same procedure to put it back where it was before.I moved Home to a separate partition. Now I want to move it back where it was by default. How to do that?
Kubuntu 20.04
The standard instructions don't work very well in reverse.How did you move it in the first place? Guess you can use the same procedure to put it back where it was before.
That's why I asked how you moved it in the first place, depending on how you did it, answers may vary.The standard instructions don't work very well in reverse.
So really you are also following my spiritual mentor Gino D'Acampo "minimum effort maximum satisfaction" or as both users of Slackware "Slackers"@captain-sensible @Tolkem @Shmu26
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Good approach, but I am not sure that reinstalling is "avoiding work"I have learned to avoid work as much as I can
Then follow the same instructions and adapt where apply; you're basically doing the same thing, moving a partition from one mountpoint to a new one: old_home to new_home, which is exactly the same thing you did if you followed those instructions:I followed the Wiki
Partitioning/Home/Moving - Community Help Wiki
sudo blkid
Hi, I somehow missed this post and read the next one. So yeah, I can copy files and delete a partition and stretch a partition, but the trickier part is recreating Home in a way that will be recognized by the system.a screen shot of your partitions gParted would help.
I assume you had a partition holding everything . you shrank it and in the maybe in the un-allocated bit created you made home. The basics of going back would be back up /copy everything you need in home to say an external hd (rsync might be good for that )
you delete home and so its unallocated. if the position is next to root , then it would be a case of using gPArted from live OS (because it has to be unmounted) and stretch the root across into the allocated.
i similar process was carried out here: https://linux.org/threads/removing-windows.30411/post-100012
basically what they did was remove a widows partition which was luckily right next to a linux partition they wanted to expand
out of interest what didn't you like about having a separate /home ?
I could have done that with slackware; but instead i chose one whole install. Then home directories are allocated for users within that space
Did you solve it? Then mark the thread as solved by editing your first post and inserting SOLVED between brackets, like this: (SOLVED) Also, can you tell us how you did it?Question no longer relevant.
Hmmm ... those instructions look pretty much the same as the ones you followed from here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving don't they?I didn't try it yet, but the first answer over here looks very promising:
Move separate /home partition to the default configuration /home folder
Recently I reinstalled ubuntu and created two partitions. The whole system was on an SSD and / home was inside the other partition, in HD. However, I wanted the / home to stay on the SSD and the HD...askubuntu.com
Indeed, but to perform it in reverse, you need to boot into a live usb, which is a crucial difference that I didn't even think of, and there are also some smaller details that differ.Hmmm ... those instructions look pretty much the same as the ones you followed from here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving don't they?
And I said so some posts above https://www.linux.org/threads/move-home-folder-back-to-default-location.30469/#post-100408Indeed, but to perform it in reverse, you need to boot into a live usb, which is a crucial difference that I didn't even think of, and there are also some smaller details that differ.
Okay, so I see you edited your answer over there.And I said so some posts above https://www.linux.org/threads/move-home-folder-back-to-default-location.30469/#post-100408
No, I didn't. That's how I did the first time; AFAIK, you can't manipulate system's partiitons within the running system itself, for that you always need to boot to a live USB, otherwise you may experience undesired/unwanted results, i.e data loss.Okay, so I see you edited your answer over there.
So I apologize for my comment. For some reason, I keep missing important posts in this thread. I will have to pay more attention...No, I didn't. That's how I did the first time