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<div>Yes it was the shift key. I have not had to do that in years. Thanks Bob and John for the replies. I got the fstab file edited and my system is back the way it was. Just having to reinstall stuff. I did have to go back in to rescue mode and add my hallmw account to the sudoers group. Again thanks for the help. I will attach my fstab file this evening just to get someone to look at it to make sure that I do have it setup ok. Don't what a gotcha later.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Michael</div><div><br></div>
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<div><div dir="ltr">I always hold down the shift key.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 3:40 PM Bob Nance <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com" href="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com">bob.nance@novationsys.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I forget what interrupts grub. It’s either that you hold down space, tab<br clear="none">> or escape ;)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Bob Nance<br clear="none">> Novation Systems<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.novationsys.com" target="_blank">https://www.novationsys.com</a><br clear="none">> +1 256-534-4620<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> A good review is the best form of flattery! Please take a moment to give<br clear="none">> us five stars on Google <a shape="rect" href="https://goo.gl/NGKxW9" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/NGKxW9</a><br clear="none">> ________________________________<br clear="none">> From: LUNA <luna-bounces_bob.nance=<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us" href="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us">novationsys.com@lunagroup.us</a>> on<br clear="none">> behalf of Michael Hall <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hallmw@att.net" href="mailto:hallmw@att.net">hallmw@att.net</a>><br clear="none">> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2019 3:05:57 PM<br clear="none">> To: Linux Users of North Alabama Mailing List<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [LUNA] Partition question<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Well brain is not working today. When I boot my system I am not seeing a<br clear="none">> grub menu. It just goes straight into the GUI. How do you stop the boot<br clear="none">> process. I do not see that in the link you sent. I will keep Googling.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Saturday, June 22, 2019, 5:01:49 PM CDT, Bob Nance <<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com" href="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com">bob.nance@novationsys.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Assuming the arguments are similar to other Eunices, stop the boot<br clear="none">> process and edit the boot argument to include “s” on the line that mentions<br clear="none">> the most arguments :)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Here is an article about it. It looks like Ubuntu has a rescue mode that<br clear="none">> is single user.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.linuxtechi.com/boot-ubuntu-18-04-debian-9-rescue-emergency-mode/amp/" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.linuxtechi.com/boot-ubuntu-18-04-debian-9-rescue-emergency-mode/amp/</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Be aware that some Linux/Unix bring up the root drive in read-only mode<br clear="none">> when booting into single-user mode. You may have to remount the drive in<br clear="none">> “read-write” mode to make the changes you need<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> # mount -o remount,rw. /<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Should work.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ———————<br clear="none">> Bob Nance<br clear="none">> Novation Systems<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.novationsys.com" target="_blank">https://www.novationsys.com</a><br clear="none">> +1 256-534-4620<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> A good review is the best form of flattery! Please take a moment to give<br clear="none">> us five stars on Google <a shape="rect" href="https://goo.gl/NGKxW9" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/NGKxW9</a><br clear="none">> ________________________________<br clear="none">> From: LUNA <luna-bounces_bob.nance=<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us" href="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us">novationsys.com@lunagroup.us</a>> on<br clear="none">> behalf of Michael Hall <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hallmw@att.net" href="mailto:hallmw@att.net">hallmw@att.net</a>><br clear="none">> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2019 4:52:20 PM<br clear="none">> To: Linux Users of North Alabama Mailing List<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [LUNA] Partition question<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Well I have not done this much on my system as I have always set it up<br clear="none">> like I want it. I will have to find out how to know if I am in single user<br clear="none">> on this machine. I have nothing in the current home that I need so not a<br clear="none">> problem if I cannot access it. I will probably have more questions. Here<br clear="none">> is the result of the ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:michael@michael-Alienware-15-R3" href="mailto:michael@michael-Alienware-15-R3">michael@michael-Alienware-15-R3</a>:~$ sudo ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid<br clear="none">> total 0<br clear="none">> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jun 22 11:57 .<br clear="none">> drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 Jun 22 11:57 ..<br clear="none">> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 22 11:57<br clear="none">> 215b343b-67bd-4ba3-bb71-3b265d066630 -> ../../sda1<br clear="none">> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jun 22 11:57<br clear="none">> 71b2e519-0392-4af3-a567-35f24d408701 -> ../../nvme0n1p1<br clear="none">> I think I just need to get to single user mode, not sure if I remember.<br clear="none">> When I login with the account that gigaparts created, I see an icon on my<br clear="none">> desktop for the drive. If I bring up the file viewer I see under devices<br clear="none">> the 1TB drive with the icon to eject it. I am just mulling things over in<br clear="none">> my mind.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Saturday, June 22, 2019, 2:47:49 PM CDT, Bob Nance <<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com" href="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com">bob.nance@novationsys.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Yes. If it shows at the top level of the mount point, you can just simply<br clear="none">> change the mount point and everything should show up.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Two things: 1) whatever is already at /home will be inaccessible. If<br clear="none">> you’ve been using it with your latest account, make sure you save<br clear="none">> everything to the drive you’re mounting before you change the mount point.<br clear="none">> 2) do this all in single user mode to make sure you don’t break any running<br clear="none">> processes that expect $HOME to have files and folders available to them<br clear="none">> while running.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> One more, if your UID number does not match you old number, make sure you<br clear="none">> perform the chown command I mentioned. But I put chmod instead of chown,<br clear="none">> sorry; you do the s// in my answer ;)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Last thing, to be absolutely sure that no process is holding onto a<br clear="none">> non-existent file, inode, pipe, or anything else on the old /home, reboot.<br clear="none">> Easier to do on a single user system than re-unit any processes. Besides,<br clear="none">> then you have your test for the mount.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ———————<br clear="none">> Bob Nance<br clear="none">> Novation Systems<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.novationsys.com" target="_blank">https://www.novationsys.com</a><br clear="none">> +1 256-534-4620<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> A good review is the best form of flattery! Please take a moment to give<br clear="none">> us five stars on Google <a shape="rect" href="https://goo.gl/NGKxW9" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/NGKxW9</a><br clear="none">> ________________________________<br clear="none">> From: LUNA <luna-bounces_bob.nance=<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us" href="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us">novationsys.com@lunagroup.us</a>> on<br clear="none">> behalf of Michael Hall <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hallmw@att.net" href="mailto:hallmw@att.net">hallmw@att.net</a>><br clear="none">> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2019 2:39:21 PM<br clear="none">> To: Linux Users of North Alabama Mailing List<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [LUNA] Partition question<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Bob, Thanks for the reply. My old $HOME is showing up as<br clear="none">> /media/michael/UUID/hallmw when I click the HD. All my old data seems to<br clear="none">> be there. I thought that it was getting mounted as a removable drive.<br clear="none">> Just want to make sure I do this right and not screw this up since I just<br clear="none">> got it back. So does that mean I am good? I since it is showing up at<br clear="none">> that I should not have /home/home..... when I follow the steps?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Saturday, June 22, 2019, 1:07:21 PM CDT, Bob Nance <<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com" href="mailto:bob.nance@novationsys.com">bob.nance@novationsys.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I think that the "/media" implies that the OS thinks it's a removable<br clear="none">> drive. It is also mounting it in your user context and not under the<br clear="none">> system's auspices. Is your old $HOME showing up under<br clear="none">> /media/Michael/[UUID]/home/mwhall and reflecting what you think is the<br clear="none">> correct data? If that's the case, you're good. All your data is still<br clear="none">> available.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Beware that I have really dug deep into the weeds in my answer. Please<br clear="none">> forgive an old man's ramblings.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The first thing you need to do is determine the actual hardware device<br clear="none">> that the media manager is finding. You can pore through the kernel log,<br clear="none">> dmesg or the like. It may even be in the syslog. Since it's not mounting it<br clear="none">> until you login (I am 99% sure), it should be pretty easy to find; just<br clear="none">> look for the login messages and you should see events posted by "udisk" or<br clear="none">> some version of that name.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> If you want to discover which device is actually being mounted, you can,<br clear="none">> again, look at the disk messages in the kernel log, dmesg, or other logs.<br clear="none">> Another way is to stuff that UUID into your brain and then type:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> And look for that UUID. The UUID will actually be a link to the relative<br clear="none">> hardware device. The name should look something like ../../sdc2. That last<br clear="none">> part is your actual relative hardware device name. (by the way, under the<br clear="none">> abstraction layer that the disk driver produces, you can actually trust the<br clear="none">> UUID information, since it is written in the volume label, it won't change<br clear="none">> and is unique, so you don't need to find the /dev/sdXn designator, if you<br clear="none">> don't want to).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Now that you have that, you can tell the OS that you want to mount that<br clear="none">> drive onto the system at a specific location. The system mounts occur<br clear="none">> before you login, so "udisk" will not find an unmounted disk, so you don't<br clear="none">> have to worry about it mounting it before your file system initialization.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The system stores the mounted drive information in the file /etc/fstab.<br clear="none">> Simply add the drive information into that file to force the system<br clear="none">> initialization to mount the volume before udisk can find it. Look at "man 5<br clear="none">> fstab" or just read the file to see what goes into it.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> There are two ways to enter the information into the fstab file.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Use the hardware device name (white space can be spaces or tabs).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> /dev/sdc3 /home ext4 rw 0 0<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> OR use the volume label to designate the disk volume<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> LABEL=[UUID] /home ext4 defaults 0 0<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The first field is either the label or the device.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The second field is the directory onto which you want to mount the volume.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The third field is the file system format that determines which system<br clear="none">> driver will be used to talk to the volume.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The fourth field is a comma-separated list of options for the file system.<br clear="none">> Here, I have listed "read-write" for a mounting option. You can also put<br clear="none">> any of these. Don't use spaces between commas and options. I stole this<br clear="none">> from the man page.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> defaults<br clear="none">> use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto,<br clear="none">> nouser, and async.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> noauto do not mount when "mount -a" is given (e.g., at boot<br clear="none">> time)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> user allow a user to mount<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> owner allow device owner to mount<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> comment<br clear="none">> or x-<name> for use by fstab-maintaining programs<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> nofail do not report errors for this device if it does not<br clear="none">> exist.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The second to last number is what dump level you want to prescribe to it<br clear="none">> (don't back this up unless you are performing a "dump 0" is what's there<br clear="none">> now).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The last number is what order you want this disk checked when an fsck is<br clear="none">> performed. If everyone is zero, the init process will simply check them in<br clear="none">> order that they appear in the file.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> CAVEAT EMPTOR<br clear="none">> Now that I completely over-explained this answer, let me warn you that, if<br clear="none">> the previous volume was formatted to be the "/" mounted drive, then it<br clear="none">> already has path information on it that will mess up the mount. If your<br clear="none">> home directory was on /home/mwhall and that drive was mounted as "/" AND<br clear="none">> you mount the drive as "/home" then you will find your home directory at<br clear="none">> "/home/home/mwhall" If you want it to appear at /home/mwhall, you will have<br clear="none">> to move it. I recommend at "piped tar" for moving data from one folder to<br clear="none">> another.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> # cd /home/home ; tar cf - mwhall | (cd /home ; tar xvf - )<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Also, be aware that it's possible that your own UID may be different on<br clear="none">> your new system than it was on the last. If that is the case, after you<br clear="none">> mount this drive, you will need to change ownership to match the new UID.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> # chmod -R mwhall.mwhall /home/mwhall<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> will probably fix that for you.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On 6/22/19, 12:22 PM, "LUNA on behalf of Michael Hall"<br clear="none">> <luna-bounces_bob.nance=<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us" href="mailto:novationsys.com@lunagroup.us">novationsys.com@lunagroup.us</a> on behalf of<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hallmw@att.net" href="mailto:hallmw@att.net">hallmw@att.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I have my machine back up and running. Finally got fed up and took it<br clear="none">> to gigaparts to just check out the hardware. All that was ok. They put<br clear="none">> the latest of Ubuntu Mate (18.04) on the machine. I created my account<br clear="none">> that I was using. I noticed that my second drive a 1 TB HD is mounted as<br clear="none">> /media/michael/<some number that looks like a guid>. I want to mount this<br clear="none">> drive as /home and my old hallmw directory is on it with my data. Can<br clear="none">> someone help me out on how to do that and not loose my data. 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