12-07-2014, 09:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-07-2014, 09:27 PM by gold_finger.)
Do you have a copy of the old LL 1.06 home? Is that what is on /dev/sdb1 right now, or is that lost? Or do you have it copied off to something else like a USB stick?
From what you said, I think easiest thing to do would be install again. But this time, choose "Something else" option during installation and designate all three partitions. If /dev/sdb1 was the old 1.06 home and it still has your files on it, then make sure you set the mount point ("/home") and file system type (whatever you used before - probably "ext4"), but make sure you do not format the partition. If you format it, it will get wiped out. If you don't, your data will stay there and be ready to use when you boot the machine after installation.
If /dev/sdb1 does not currently have your old home data on it, then do same as above and DO format the partition. After install is done, if you have a backup copy of your old /home, you can copy what you need over to the new /home.
A fresh installation will get everything working as it should to start with and will probably easier and faster than trying to fix what you have now.
P.s. If you decide to install again, you might want to use GParted before installing to re-make the partitions on /dev/sda. A root partition of 196GB is way bigger than you need. Probably best to just make two "Primary" partitions on /dev/sda (Swap does not have to be a "logical" partition as it is now):
Root partition -- 25GB -- format = Ext4
Swap partition -- 1-2 times RAM -- format = linux-swap
You should leave /dev/sdb1 the way you have it now. (Don't use GParted to do anything with it.) If is does contain your 1.06 data, just don't format it during installation. If it does not contain the old data, then format it during installation steps.
You will have extra space left over on /dev/sda that you can use for other things at a later date if necessary.
From what you said, I think easiest thing to do would be install again. But this time, choose "Something else" option during installation and designate all three partitions. If /dev/sdb1 was the old 1.06 home and it still has your files on it, then make sure you set the mount point ("/home") and file system type (whatever you used before - probably "ext4"), but make sure you do not format the partition. If you format it, it will get wiped out. If you don't, your data will stay there and be ready to use when you boot the machine after installation.
If /dev/sdb1 does not currently have your old home data on it, then do same as above and DO format the partition. After install is done, if you have a backup copy of your old /home, you can copy what you need over to the new /home.
A fresh installation will get everything working as it should to start with and will probably easier and faster than trying to fix what you have now.
P.s. If you decide to install again, you might want to use GParted before installing to re-make the partitions on /dev/sda. A root partition of 196GB is way bigger than you need. Probably best to just make two "Primary" partitions on /dev/sda (Swap does not have to be a "logical" partition as it is now):
Root partition -- 25GB -- format = Ext4
Swap partition -- 1-2 times RAM -- format = linux-swap
You should leave /dev/sdb1 the way you have it now. (Don't use GParted to do anything with it.) If is does contain your 1.06 data, just don't format it during installation. If it does not contain the old data, then format it during installation steps.
You will have extra space left over on /dev/sda that you can use for other things at a later date if necessary.
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