I was running just fine and wanted to improve performance so I bought a new 250GB SSD.
My plan was to install 12.3 to it on SDA then copy my old “Desktop” from SDB.
I wasn’t sure that would work so I was prepared to just do bits and pieces during the copy.
Well, the new SDA is working just fine, so I wired in SDB, rebooted, and went looking at it with Dolphin.
The darn thing is blank or at least it looks to be.
The way Linux organizes files is still a major puzzle whenever I get outside of the standards.
I seem to remember that I had 2 partitions dealing with my data (home ?) on SDB but the smaller one has disappeared.
Is it truly gone or can I generate a 2nd home pointing to it ?
Here they are and you have given me a clue. I did not know about having to mount it. So I am going to read up on the mount command and see what I can come up with.
Corky-PC:~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 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: 0x0006150b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 4192255 2095104 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 * 4192256 416227327 206017536 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 416227328 458174463 20973568 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0006fdc2
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 41945087 20971520 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 41945088 1953523711 955789312 83 Linux
/dev/sdb5 4210688 20113407 7951360 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 20115456 41945087 10914816 83 Linux
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdc'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16008609792 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1946 cylinders, total 31266816 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: 0xcee0ec63
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 2048 31266815 15632384 b W95 FAT32
Thank you hcvv and yes I meant sda and sdb. I have read some of the articles dealing with the file system but had skimmed over the bit about “mounts”.
And now I am going back for a reread.
I have to admit that I learn better in a classroom environment because of all the questions that popup.
Onward to mount:
I would like to mount sdb where it would normally get mounted during the installation of 12.3 and I can’t figure it out.
I think I could mount it elsewhere but would prefer not to do that.
It eventually will be /home.
oops, it looks to be /run/media/user
and ?? var/run/media/user
and these don’t seem to be permanent.
Do I need both ?
I want it to be permanent so another user can access it.
Do I need to do it as root and set some kind of permissions ?
In my case:
sda2 = /…Did this automatically create the root folder during install ?
sda3 = /home…Did this automatically create /home during the install ?
Where did /swap go ?
For my mount command do I need to make the directory before ?
If you want home to be else whee like I assume sdb2 then the easiest way is to set it in Yast-boot modal
first remove the current location for home then set the new partition for home by setting it to mount at /home. When you reboot the sdb2 partition should be mounted as /home
Note also that this should not be done from a booted DVD or pen but in the booted system. I mention since you seem to have a pen drive in the fdisk table so not sure where you are booting from.
Also note that this can be set up at install by going to advance/expert setting in the partition section.