How do I move /home out of the root partition?

[m654321]

I installed LL2.4 as a UEFI enabled dual boot system with Windows 8.1.  I have two physical drives.
LL was installed as root with Win8.1 on SSD drive 1.  Data files are shared between both OSes,
using symlinking to SSD drive 2.

I would now like to transfer 'home' from root and install it as a separate /home partition to
unallocated space on the SSD drive 1.  The reason I want to do this is so that the configuration files
in a separate /home partition preserve my settings, rather than these being wiped out each time
I replace LL2.4 with new LL releases.

Many thanks in advance for any help with this.
Regards
Mike

[rokytnji]

Kinda involved and not a simple thing you ask.
/etc/fstab needs editing just for starters.

All I can do is point you to this thread on how I handle testing installs.

I know how to do it.
I can't explain it online though very well.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/...ost5362192

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/...ost5362598

Just another how to I made dealing with moving home folder from one ssd drive to another when I owned eeepcs

http://antix.freeforums.org/dealing-with...t2328.html

I am sure other members here have better instructions to follow than what I wrote.

[Kirkx]

m654321: The reason I want to do this is so that the configuration files
in a separate /home partition preserve my settings, rather than these being wiped out each time
I replace LL2.4 with new LL releases.

As has been pointed out on numerous Linux forums it is not really a good idea. After a major upgrade, like LL2.x -> LL3.x, it is much safer just to re-create the settings from scratch. Minor upgrades, like LL2.4 -> LL2.6 -> LL2.8 are taken care of by Lite Upgrade feature as explained below, and you don't need to worry about the settings in /home doing those upgrades:

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/relea...-released/