Install ubuntu / on SDD and /home on HDD [duplicate]

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I need an equivalent of gksu in 18.04

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I'm trying to install ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my computer. I have a SSD and a HDD. I want to install the root / of ubuntu on my SSD (and my swap too), but install my /home on my HDD.

I don't found how to do it during the ubuntu install. If there is a solution please tell me !
So I installed ubuntu on my SSD and I'm trying to move /home on my HDD.

Here what I have done :

Create a partition in ext4 with gparted for my newHome.
Then sudo mount /dev/myNewPartition /media/stockFolder
Then sudo cp -av /home/. /media/stockFolder

Here I'm in troubles because alt+f2 and gksudo nautilus doesn't work (commande not found) but I need it to rename /home in /oldHome and then mkdir /home and mount /dev/myNewPartition /home and cp -av /media/stockFolder/. /home

If there is a solution to do it during installation it will be nice. However could you help me to run gksudo nautilus please ?

Thank you

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

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marked as duplicate by Kulfy, karel, mikewhatever, Eric Carvalho, guntbert Jan 22 at 22:27

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Yes I have seen this post but even if pkexec nautilus works, rename home already return : This item could not be renamed : device or resource busy

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 16:17

So which is the question, here? That you can't invoke gksudo nautilus, or that the home folder is busy? Or that you want to know how to set your destination $HOME directory on another disk? Because your $HOME will always be busy if you're logged in, so you'll need to try after booting from a "live cd" and opening a shell session with Super+Alt+T. Then you can run sudo apt-get install gksu as root, you can install whatever you need and it won't affect your actual OS fyi.

– Benjamin R
Jan 20 at 16:31

I just want to install /home on another disk. One way is to move /home. It still doesn't work. I understand that I need to be out of ubuntu to do something on /home. But even if I run ubuntu on my usb key, I can't install gksu or nautilus-admin. It makes no sens. I tried with this : help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving but also impossible to move /home for same reasons and if I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty.

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 19:40

Have you tried this?: maketecheasier.com/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:40

"If I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty." You're looking in the wrong place. Of course it's empty, you want to be looking on the drive where your /home should be! You can use udisksctl to mount the partition and go from there: makeuseof.com/tag/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:45

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This question already has an answer here:

I need an equivalent of gksu in 18.04

4 answers

I'm trying to install ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my computer. I have a SSD and a HDD. I want to install the root / of ubuntu on my SSD (and my swap too), but install my /home on my HDD.

I don't found how to do it during the ubuntu install. If there is a solution please tell me !
So I installed ubuntu on my SSD and I'm trying to move /home on my HDD.

Here what I have done :

Create a partition in ext4 with gparted for my newHome.
Then sudo mount /dev/myNewPartition /media/stockFolder
Then sudo cp -av /home/. /media/stockFolder

If there is a solution to do it during installation it will be nice. However could you help me to run gksudo nautilus please ?

Thank you

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

Rinzwind

206k28394526

asked Jan 20 at 15:26

Izaya

164

marked as duplicate by Kulfy, karel, mikewhatever, Eric Carvalho, guntbert Jan 22 at 22:27

This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.

Yes I have seen this post but even if pkexec nautilus works, rename home already return : This item could not be renamed : device or resource busy

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 16:17

So which is the question, here? That you can't invoke gksudo nautilus, or that the home folder is busy? Or that you want to know how to set your destination $HOME directory on another disk? Because your $HOME will always be busy if you're logged in, so you'll need to try after booting from a "live cd" and opening a shell session with Super+Alt+T. Then you can run sudo apt-get install gksu as root, you can install whatever you need and it won't affect your actual OS fyi.

– Benjamin R
Jan 20 at 16:31

I just want to install /home on another disk. One way is to move /home. It still doesn't work. I understand that I need to be out of ubuntu to do something on /home. But even if I run ubuntu on my usb key, I can't install gksu or nautilus-admin. It makes no sens. I tried with this : help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving but also impossible to move /home for same reasons and if I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty.

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 19:40

Have you tried this?: maketecheasier.com/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:40

"If I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty." You're looking in the wrong place. Of course it's empty, you want to be looking on the drive where your /home should be! You can use udisksctl to mount the partition and go from there: makeuseof.com/tag/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:45

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This question already has an answer here:

I need an equivalent of gksu in 18.04

4 answers

I'm trying to install ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my computer. I have a SSD and a HDD. I want to install the root / of ubuntu on my SSD (and my swap too), but install my /home on my HDD.

I don't found how to do it during the ubuntu install. If there is a solution please tell me !
So I installed ubuntu on my SSD and I'm trying to move /home on my HDD.

Here what I have done :

Create a partition in ext4 with gparted for my newHome.
Then sudo mount /dev/myNewPartition /media/stockFolder
Then sudo cp -av /home/. /media/stockFolder

If there is a solution to do it during installation it will be nice. However could you help me to run gksudo nautilus please ?

Thank you

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

Rinzwind

206k28394526

asked Jan 20 at 15:26

Izaya

164

This question already has an answer here:

I need an equivalent of gksu in 18.04

4 answers

I'm trying to install ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my computer. I have a SSD and a HDD. I want to install the root / of ubuntu on my SSD (and my swap too), but install my /home on my HDD.

I don't found how to do it during the ubuntu install. If there is a solution please tell me !
So I installed ubuntu on my SSD and I'm trying to move /home on my HDD.

Here what I have done :

Create a partition in ext4 with gparted for my newHome.
Then sudo mount /dev/myNewPartition /media/stockFolder
Then sudo cp -av /home/. /media/stockFolder

If there is a solution to do it during installation it will be nice. However could you help me to run gksudo nautilus please ?

Thank you

This question already has an answer here:

I need an equivalent of gksu in 18.04

4 answers

partitioning hard-drive nautilus ssd home-directory

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

Rinzwind

206k28394526

asked Jan 20 at 15:26

Izaya

164

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

Rinzwind

206k28394526

asked Jan 20 at 15:26

Izaya

164

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

Rinzwind

206k28394526

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

Rinzwind

206k28394526

edited Jan 22 at 12:33

Rinzwind

206k28394526

asked Jan 20 at 15:26

Izaya

164

asked Jan 20 at 15:26

Izaya

164

asked Jan 20 at 15:26

Izaya

164

marked as duplicate by Kulfy, karel, mikewhatever, Eric Carvalho, guntbert Jan 22 at 22:27

This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.

marked as duplicate by Kulfy, karel, mikewhatever, Eric Carvalho, guntbert Jan 22 at 22:27

This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.

Yes I have seen this post but even if pkexec nautilus works, rename home already return : This item could not be renamed : device or resource busy

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 16:17

So which is the question, here? That you can't invoke gksudo nautilus, or that the home folder is busy? Or that you want to know how to set your destination $HOME directory on another disk? Because your $HOME will always be busy if you're logged in, so you'll need to try after booting from a "live cd" and opening a shell session with Super+Alt+T. Then you can run sudo apt-get install gksu as root, you can install whatever you need and it won't affect your actual OS fyi.

– Benjamin R
Jan 20 at 16:31

I just want to install /home on another disk. One way is to move /home. It still doesn't work. I understand that I need to be out of ubuntu to do something on /home. But even if I run ubuntu on my usb key, I can't install gksu or nautilus-admin. It makes no sens. I tried with this : help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving but also impossible to move /home for same reasons and if I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty.

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 19:40

Have you tried this?: maketecheasier.com/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:40

"If I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty." You're looking in the wrong place. Of course it's empty, you want to be looking on the drive where your /home should be! You can use udisksctl to mount the partition and go from there: makeuseof.com/tag/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:45

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show 1 more comment

Yes I have seen this post but even if pkexec nautilus works, rename home already return : This item could not be renamed : device or resource busy

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 16:17

So which is the question, here? That you can't invoke gksudo nautilus, or that the home folder is busy? Or that you want to know how to set your destination $HOME directory on another disk? Because your $HOME will always be busy if you're logged in, so you'll need to try after booting from a "live cd" and opening a shell session with Super+Alt+T. Then you can run sudo apt-get install gksu as root, you can install whatever you need and it won't affect your actual OS fyi.

– Benjamin R
Jan 20 at 16:31

I just want to install /home on another disk. One way is to move /home. It still doesn't work. I understand that I need to be out of ubuntu to do something on /home. But even if I run ubuntu on my usb key, I can't install gksu or nautilus-admin. It makes no sens. I tried with this : help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving but also impossible to move /home for same reasons and if I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty.

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 19:40

Have you tried this?: maketecheasier.com/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:40

"If I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty." You're looking in the wrong place. Of course it's empty, you want to be looking on the drive where your /home should be! You can use udisksctl to mount the partition and go from there: makeuseof.com/tag/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:45

Yes I have seen this post but even if pkexec nautilus works, rename home already return : This item could not be renamed : device or resource busy

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 16:17

So which is the question, here? That you can't invoke gksudo nautilus, or that the home folder is busy? Or that you want to know how to set your destination $HOME directory on another disk? Because your $HOME will always be busy if you're logged in, so you'll need to try after booting from a "live cd" and opening a shell session with Super+Alt+T. Then you can run sudo apt-get install gksu as root, you can install whatever you need and it won't affect your actual OS fyi.

– Benjamin R
Jan 20 at 16:31

I just want to install /home on another disk. One way is to move /home. It still doesn't work. I understand that I need to be out of ubuntu to do something on /home. But even if I run ubuntu on my usb key, I can't install gksu or nautilus-admin. It makes no sens. I tried with this : help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving but also impossible to move /home for same reasons and if I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty.

– Izaya
Jan 20 at 19:40

Have you tried this?: maketecheasier.com/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:40

"If I'm running from usb key /home on my disk is empty." You're looking in the wrong place. Of course it's empty, you want to be looking on the drive where your /home should be! You can use udisksctl to mount the partition and go from there: makeuseof.com/tag/…

– Benjamin R
Jan 21 at 13:45

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Finally I reinstalled ubuntu following this example : How to use manual partitioning during installation?
but the point is that you can create a root partition on SSD and a /home partition on HDD even if you have the device for boot selected as SSD - like the step 8 of this example.

For those how want to move /home the best solution is here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving
and keep in mind you can't rename /home when you are on your ubuntu session. To do it boot on an usb key and you can use udisksctl to mount the partition and go from there: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mounting-hard-disks-partitions-using-linux-command-line/

Thank you for your comments, they really help me to understand how it works.

I hope it will help someone !

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Here a solution

Thank you for your comments, they really help me to understand how it works.

I hope it will help someone !

edited Jan 22 at 13:15

answered Jan 22 at 12:32

Izaya

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Here a solution

Thank you for your comments, they really help me to understand how it works.

I hope it will help someone !

edited Jan 22 at 13:15

answered Jan 22 at 12:32

Izaya

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Here a solution

Thank you for your comments, they really help me to understand how it works.

I hope it will help someone !

edited Jan 22 at 13:15

answered Jan 22 at 12:32

Izaya

164

Here a solution

Thank you for your comments, they really help me to understand how it works.

I hope it will help someone !

edited Jan 22 at 13:15

answered Jan 22 at 12:32

Izaya

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edited Jan 22 at 13:15

answered Jan 22 at 12:32

Izaya

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answered Jan 22 at 12:32

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answered Jan 22 at 12:32

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