I was running low in disk space on my Linux box, Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop, (specifically on my /home partition) so I added another disk to it and I am trying to move the home partition into it.
I am trying to follow the steps on this guide here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving
However, when copying the files over to the new mounted partition rsync seems to fail silently. When I compare the folders, the new one is still empty.
This is the command that I am executing:
sudo rsync -axS --exclude='/*/.gvfs' /home/. /media/home/.
Has it anything to do with the encryption on my home folder?
Best Answer
Try adding the "verbose" flag to rsync, and see what that says:
Edit your question to include the results, and we'll be able to help you further.
Also, I'm not sure why you're going with
/home/., try just/home/:EDIT: Also, please make sure you're not logged in to any user with an encrypted home directory. If all users have encrypted home directories, add a user who does not first, and use that user to copy.