quotas ... /etc/fstab

[gatesession]

I have searched the forums and found the articles and how-tos.
My problem is a bit different though.


I want to set quotas to /home.

This is my /etc/fstab:

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hdd1               /ftp                    vfat    defaults        0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hda1               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/hdc                /media/cdrom            auto    pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto    pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0

There is no /home partition there.

If I want to set quotas I presume I need a partition.

This is what I think I have to do.

1. Create new partition with a ext3 filesystem.
2. unmount the existing /home directory
3. Move /home contents to me new partition "/home" with "dd" command?

Is this correct? Any suggestions?

What is LABEL=/ ???


Will my settings for Desktopn, etc be lost after moving the /home to new partition "/home" which I maybe need to create?
Thanx.

[markkuk]

0. switch to single user mode with "telinit 1".

Originally Posted by gatesession

1. Create new partition with a ext3 filesystem.
2. unmount the existing /home directory

You don't have any existing /home partition, so you can't unmount /home. Instead, you must mount the partition created in step 1 to a temporary location, e.g. /mnt.

Originally Posted by gatesession

3. Move /home contents to me new partition "/home" with "dd" command?

3. Use "cp -a" to copy the contents of /home to the temporary mount from step 2.
4. Edit /etc/fstab to mount the new /home at next boot with the quota option.