Practical questions about disk partitioning, moving the /home directory and shrinking the / system directory.

[Nils Kassube]

On 17.07.24 Bas G. Roufs wrote:
> Yesterday, I forgot to attach the .txt file attached to this email.
> You'll find in that file:
> + everything from the fstab file used until 22 June 24 - /etc/fstab.ori;
> + everything from the fstab file I am using now, ever since 22 June 24;
> + a bunch of test results that reveal the UUID codes  of all drives and
> partitions.
> I hope all this info together will help you to give me a good advise on
> rewriting the fstab file.

Thanks for sending the attachment. Now it looks clearer to me.

Fortunately there seem to be no duplicate UUIDs, so it shouldn't be a problem to connect the external disk.

So here is my modified version of the fstab file using the UUID for the sda5 partition:

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# /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>
UUID=2057-1177                            /boot/efi      vfat    defaults   0 2
UUID=a26850d6-c991-4908-a3c8-2d9f3bf70dee /              ext4    defaults   0 1
UUID=fc697194-bb73-4403-a072-e6f887af128b /home          ext4    defaults   0 2
/swapfile                                 swap           swap    defaults   0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------

I have also attached the file to avoid issues with additional line breaks etc.
You should use this file after you have moved the bas folder to the top folder of sda5. As you can see, I have removed the entry for the external disk. Then it need not be connected when you boot the machine. If you connect the external disk while you are logged in to Kubuntu, there should be popup window where you can manage to connect it.


Nils
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# /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>
UUID=2057-1177                            /boot/efi      vfat    defaults   0 2
UUID=a26850d6-c991-4908-a3c8-2d9f3bf70dee /              ext4    defaults   0 1
UUID=fc697194-bb73-4403-a072-e6f887af128b /home          ext4    defaults   0 2
/swapfile                                 swap           swap    defaults   0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0