I have an Ubuntu/Windows 10 dualboot machine. I recently tried moving my home directory to a different partition, /dev/sda8
. At first, everything worked fine. Then, when I tried to boot into Ubuntu, it didn't work and I got into emergency mode. From there, it appears that /home is not mounted:
root@ubuntu:/# ls -a /home
. ..
So I try to mount it again with mount /dev/sda8 /home
. Nothing happens. No error message, and when I look again. there is still no data under /home
. Now the curious thing: When I do this:
root@ubuntu:/# mkdir someotherdirectory
root@ubuntu:/# mount /dev/sda8 /someotherdirectory
root@ubuntu:/# ls someotherdirectory
quacodas lost+found
everything is there. So what is so special about the home directory and why can't I mount my partition there?
/home
empty? If it is not it cannot be used as a mount point. Could there be something in the startup that finds that there is no user home and creates one before /home is mounted? Also, If you are the only user, you could try to mount that partition as /home/{your_id}.