So I was playing with a partition manager and found nearly 90Gbs of unused hd space. So I decided I should format it into ext3 (linux filing format) then move my home dir from where it is to the new partition.

The reason why is simply because having the /home dir set in a separate partition allows me to perhaps install other distributions in the other partition while keeping my home dir untouched.

Well suffice to say I’m still a beginner here, but with the power of Ubuntu’s forums even us beginning nerds can tackle the hardest of tasks…

Well so I thought.. I started the process going through the various lines of commands to transfer it all over.. then I got to the point where I thought I was done so I logged out and logged in.. ‘cept my home dir wasn’t reconized.

dang.. Luckily I self rescued by rushing into the cmd line in the gnome failsafe mode.. but I learned a lession.. A.) Make backups B.)Check all your permissions and make sure they are all set on every file. Finally C.) Make an admin account… like now.. A working account with full permissions in a working home dir for self rescue..

Anyway.. good times in linux learning ;-D

~J out

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