Category: Information Technology

Moving a /home directory in Linux. The /home directory on a Linux machine performs the same function as the Users directory under Windows A standard Linux installation restricts a /home directory to a fixed size – which can fill and slow or even prevent Access to the machin. Linux (as ever) provides several ways to move, relocate or resize the /home directory. Here, I am going to describe one of the simplest that will also introduce some techniques that will prove useful in many other areas – as well. I hope, help clear the fog of confusion that greets anybody arriving fresh to a new (to them) operating system.