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Just installed a ssd drive with 16.04 how can i point Ubuntu to the old drive for home folder with all my files?

Kelly Kathrens
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First use lsblk to find the device id of your old drive. It sill be something like sdb or sda. Now mount it at /home for eg:

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /home

Now using sudo blkid, note the uuid of your old drive (UUID will be a very long string such as an0246cg-2kb2-6e8f-ae26-2355691e325b)

Open /etc/fstab in your favorite editor, for eg: sudo nano /etc/fstab and add the following at the end.

UUID=<noted number from above>    /home    ext4    defaults   0  2

Make sure to edit, if necessary, the ext4 to match the file system in your old drive.

Ron
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