/home not recognized after hardware change

[Hondo]

the ect/passwd file (not he passwrd- file)

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/sh
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/bin/sh
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:13:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
operator:x:11:0:operator:/var:/bin/sh
games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/bin/sh
rpm:x:499:499:system user for rpm:/var/lib/rpm:/bin/false
avahi:x:498:498:system user for avahi:/var/avahi:/bin/false
avahi-autoipd:x:497:497:system user for avahi:/var/avahi:/bin/false
messagebus:x:496:496:system user for dbus:/:/sbin/nologin
haldaemon:x:495:495:system user for hal:/:/sbin/nologin
vcsa:x:69:494:virtual console memory owner:/dev:/sbin/nologin
polkituser:x:494:490:system user for policykit:/:/sbin/nologin
uuidd:x:493:489:system user for util-linux-ng:/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/false
mysql:x:492:488:system user for mysql:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash
sshd:x:491:485:system user for openssh:/var/empty:/bin/true
rtkit:x:489:483:system user for rtkit:/proc:/sbin/nologin
rpc:x:488:482:system user for rpcbind:/var/lib/lib/rpcbind:/sbin/nologin
rpcuser:x:487:481:system user for nfs-utils:/var/lib/lib/nfs:/bin/false
ntp:x:486:480:system user for ntp:/etc/ntp:/bin/false
xfs:x:485:479:system user for xfs:/etc/X11/fs:/bin/false
saned:x:484:478:system user for saned:/home/saned:/bin/false
squid:x:483:420:system user for squid:/var/spool/squid:/bin/false
dansguardian:x:482:419:system user for dansguardian:/var/lib/dansguardian:/bin/false
usbmux:x:481:418:system user for usbmuxd:/proc:/sbin/nologin
nscd:x:480:416:system user for glibc:/:/bin/false
hondo:x:500:500:hondo:/home/hondo:/bin/bash

[AS]

It appears that you not only played with the hardware, as you said in your first post, but with the configuration settings too 

[7272andy]

To me it looks like you're missing a couple of lines from your fstab that should read

# Entry for /dev/sdb1
UUID=312f0be9-5d2f-4e43-b7f2-cfd850bc63e3 /home ext2 defaults 1 2

Regards

[Hondo]

It appears that you not only played with the hardware, as you said in your first post, but with the configuration settings too  

I did? I was trying to install a new hard drive, must have fubarred it then.

Still not sure if I should just reinstall from MyLiveCD and then update all of the file systems while I'm at it.

If I do that, what file system should I use? When I installed the new HD usins ext4, it now appears only as a file in/root instead of aas a hard drive that contains file.

I'm so confused!

[Hondo]

To me it looks like you're missing a couple of lines from your fstab that should read

# Entry for /dev/sdb1
UUID=312f0be9-5d2f-4e43-b7f2-cfd850bc63e3 /home ext2 defaults 1 2

Regards

So I should add this to the fstab file ?

[AS]

To me it looks like you're missing a couple of lines from your fstab that should read

# Entry for /dev/sdb1
UUID=312f0be9-5d2f-4e43-b7f2-cfd850bc63e3 /home ext2 defaults 1 2

Regards

+1

copy & paste the above entry at the end of the file /etc/fstab, then reboot

[Hondo]

ok, I'll be back in a few minutes - thanks!

[Hondo]

WOO-HOO!



It's alive!

Thank you SO much!

[Hondo]

Now, should I change/update the file system of the discs or just leave well enough alone?

[aguila]

EDIT: To update the file system, you'll need to format the partitions. So if you are planning a re-install, you should format all the partitions to ext3 or ext4. ext4 is considered stable and I guess most of us are using ext4. (was incorrect)

Not sure if ext4 has big performance advantages over ext2 though. You might read up on this and decide for yourself.

btw - you're welcome. Enjoyed the froggy

[Hondo]

Ok, I'll read up on it. Thanks -

I will show this as solved.

Thanks again guys -

[Old-Polack]

Ok, I'll read up on it. Thanks -

I will show this as solved.

Thanks again guys -

You can convert ext2 to ext3 or ext4 without reformatting and reinstalling.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,87699.msg731698.html#msg731698

[Hondo]

You can convert ext2 to ext3 or ext4 without reformatting and reinstalling.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,87699.msg731698.html#msg731698

I'd like to switch to ext3 but am a bit apprehensive with this (still feeling a bit numb from my last fubar experience).

[Hondo]

Can I upgrade to ext3 using the KDE Partition Manager?

[Old-Polack]

You can convert ext2 to ext3 or ext4 without reformatting and reinstalling.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,87699.msg731698.html#msg731698

I'd like to switch to ext3 but am a bit apprehensive with this (still feeling a bit numb from my last fubar experience).

Boot a PCLinuxOS liveCD, open a terminal, su to root, and enter the command;

[root@localhost ~]# tune2fs -j /dev/<whatever>                  <Enter>

Replace <whatever> with the actual device designation, first sda1, then enter the command again using sdb1. That will take care of converting both your / partition and your /home partition.