Patition Manager

[SigurdF]

Hi guys,
As usual I have installed kubuntu on my hard disk. But I would like to create a partition for kubuntu and other software and a second partition for my user files. To do this I have to unmount the boot disk. But when I do so will I lose the OS? Or can I create a second partition for my user files and the OS and other software will stay on the first (boot) partition?
Regards, Sigurd

[sithlord48]

you should do that kind of partitioning durring set up . if you have to do it after the setup of the os you will need to do so from a live disk (even the kubuntu installer will work)

what you would have to do is resize the "/" (root) partition to make space for the new partition , and then create the new /home (that what it will be) partition, then copy the contents of your old /home to the new partition (but not the /home folder itself just the contents). after this is done you then have to edit your /etc/fstab so that it mounts the new partition as /home and your files will be there .

the line for your fstab will be something like this

UUID=<partitions UUID> /home ext4 defaults 0 2

to find your partitions UUID you can use the command "sudo blkid" to list all partitons. or if you know its device use sudo blkid <dev>

[ronw]

I finally got around to creating a separate /home partition. Followed this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pa...ng/Home/Moving

Worked well. Take the usual "backup your data first" warnings seriously.

[SigurdF]

Hi,
I tried to act as described above. But the partition manager started from a live CD crashed. So I terminated the computer. But a new start showed that the OS already was gone.
This failure of the partition manager enabled me to learn how to partition at the OS installation using the manual installation . Now I have everthing as wished.
Regards, Sigurd