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Hi Guys On 6 Oct 2014, at 10:40, Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Dan > > On 6 Oct 2014, at 10:30, Daniel Robinson <manipula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Wouldn't it be better to mount the dropbox folder on your 1tb drive in /home. >> To read something like /home/user/Dropbox_shared. >> On 6 Oct 2014 10:03, "Richard Brown" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi >> >> On 5 Oct 2014, at 13:00, Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 09:09:53 +0100 >>> Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Richard, >>> >>>> How can I move my user data from /home to /media/Movies/home? I have >>>> tried to edit fstab and mount the Movies/home but it has an error >>>> saying that it is not mountable. >>> >>> I'm not sure whether you've already created /media/Movies/home, but >>> unless the directory already exists trying to mount anything there >>> will fail. >>> >> >> Just to let you into the steps I'm taking. >> 1. On the drive media/Movies I have created /home and also /Dropbox >> 2. Editing fstab and putting the UUID, followed by media/Movies/home ext3 >> defaults 0 2 >> 3. Save and exit and then run sudo mount -a >> 4. Error message is mount: mount point media/Movies does not exist and mount >> point media/Movies/home does not exist. >> >> Any ideas please? >> >> Just another thought. I want Dropbox to basically use the 1TB drive. Would it be >> possible to put in a symlink and get Dropbox to use that way please? > > > That is what I am trying to do but it keeps throwing up the error it does not > exist. > > Thanks > Just realised, do I need to mount a partition rather than a directory? Thanks Rich -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq