[opensuse-support] Booting without /home partition
Hi, I want to switch the disk with /home partition to a larger disk. The system itself is on a different disk. Unfortunately, when removing the disk with /home partition, booting fails and runs into a maintenance console. Is there any parameter I can pass at boot time to tell the system to come up 'as usual' and ignore the missing /home partition? Thanks Axel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
* Axel Braun
Hi,
I want to switch the disk with /home partition to a larger disk. The system itself is on a different disk. Unfortunately, when removing the disk with /home partition, booting fails and runs into a maintenance console. Is there any parameter I can pass at boot time to tell the system to come up 'as usual' and ignore the missing /home partition?
edit /etc/fstab or the booting system, comment out the home partition. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/09/2018 12.26, Axel Braun wrote:
Hi,
I want to switch the disk with /home partition to a larger disk. The system itself is on a different disk. Unfortunately, when removing the disk with /home partition, booting fails and runs into a maintenance console. Is there any parameter I can pass at boot time to tell the system to come up 'as usual' and ignore the missing /home partition?
Just comment out the /home line in /etc/fstab file. You will have to add a new line for the new disk, anyway. And you will have to login as root while /home is removed. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.0 (Legolas)) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:34:39 CEST schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 12/09/2018 12.26, Axel Braun wrote:
Hi,
I want to switch the disk with /home partition to a larger disk. The system itself is on a different disk. Unfortunately, when removing the disk with /home partition, booting fails and runs into a maintenance console. Is there any parameter I can pass at boot time to tell the system to come up 'as usual' and ignore the missing /home partition?
Just comment out the /home line in /etc/fstab file. You will have to add a new line for the new disk, anyway.
Sure. Thanks Carlos and Patrick, did so in emergency mode, that worked fine Best, Axel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
Op woensdag 12 september 2018 18:26:51 CEST schreef Axel Braun:
Hi,
I want to switch the disk with /home partition to a larger disk. The system itself is on a different disk. Unfortunately, when removing the disk with /home partition, booting fails and runs into a maintenance console. Is there any parameter I can pass at boot time to tell the system to come up 'as usual' and ignore the missing /home partition?
Thanks Axel I'd first mount the new spot on /mnt, then copy -a /home/* to /mnt, then change the mountpoint of the new partition to /home and reboot. Done that, been there, got the T-shirt *and* the Geeko :)
-- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:40:59 CEST schrieb Knurpht-openSUSE:
Op woensdag 12 september 2018 18:26:51 CEST schreef Axel Braun:
Hi,
I want to switch the disk with /home partition to a larger disk. The system itself is on a different disk. Unfortunately, when removing the disk with /home partition, booting fails and runs into a maintenance console. Is there any parameter I can pass at boot time to tell the system to come up 'as usual' and ignore the missing /home partition?
Thanks Axel
I'd first mount the new spot on /mnt, then copy -a /home/* to /mnt, then change the mountpoint of the new partition to /home and reboot. Done that, been there, got the T-shirt *and* the Geeko :)
Thats what I wanted to do, but no free power connectors left for two disks..... Cheers Axel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/09/2018 12.44, Axel Braun wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:40:59 CEST schrieb Knurpht-openSUSE:
I'd first mount the new spot on /mnt, then copy -a /home/* to /mnt, then change the mountpoint of the new partition to /home and reboot. Done that, been there, got the T-shirt *and* the Geeko :)
Thats what I wanted to do, but no free power connectors left for two disks.....
Mount one externally, via USB. Will run slower, but it will do it. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.0 (Legolas)) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:46:18 CEST schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 12/09/2018 12.44, Axel Braun wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:40:59 CEST schrieb Knurpht-openSUSE:
I'd first mount the new spot on /mnt, then copy -a /home/* to /mnt, then change the mountpoint of the new partition to /home and reboot. Done that, been there, got the T-shirt *and* the Geeko :)
Thats what I wanted to do, but no free power connectors left for two disks.....
Mount one externally, via USB. Will run slower, but it will do it.
Thats what I'm currently doing....not too bad with USB 3 Cheers Axel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/09/2018 12.49, Axel Braun wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:46:18 CEST schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 12/09/2018 12.44, Axel Braun wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:40:59 CEST schrieb Knurpht-openSUSE:
I'd first mount the new spot on /mnt, then copy -a /home/* to /mnt, then change the mountpoint of the new partition to /home and reboot. Done that, been there, got the T-shirt *and* the Geeko :)
Thats what I wanted to do, but no free power connectors left for two disks.....
Mount one externally, via USB. Will run slower, but it will do it.
Thats what I'm currently doing....not too bad with USB 3
Oh, that one is usually faster than the disk. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.0 (Legolas)) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
Op woensdag 12 september 2018 18:44:26 CEST schreef Axel Braun:
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2018, 18:40:59 CEST schrieb Knurpht-openSUSE:
Op woensdag 12 september 2018 18:26:51 CEST schreef Axel Braun:
Hi,
I want to switch the disk with /home partition to a larger disk. The system itself is on a different disk. Unfortunately, when removing the disk with /home partition, booting fails and runs into a maintenance console. Is there any parameter I can pass at boot time to tell the system to come up 'as usual' and ignore the missing /home partition?
Thanks Axel
I'd first mount the new spot on /mnt, then copy -a /home/* to /mnt, then change the mountpoint of the new partition to /home and reboot. Done that, been there, got the T-shirt *and* the Geeko :)
Thats what I wanted to do, but no free power connectors left for two disks.....
Cheers Axel External disk? Backup to it, boot into single user mode ( doesn't need a mounted /home ) after replacing disks, restore, change mount point, reboot in multi user mode.
-- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org
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Axel Braun -
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Patrick Shanahan