Major Install Problem

jsowden · 2023-07-10 06:17

inst last night Q4OS 4.12 32 bit. I carefully reformatted in parted in the install /dev/sda1 and the linux swap, leaving the othess alone.
install went file. I cannot find the data oin my home directory. I made the mount point /home. Several progra,s kong gparted, show my home dir with my user name john have 228 GB of date in a 30 GB partition but I cannot find it. All searchedI do have hidden files turned on, thurnderbird cannot find its profile, firefo cannot find its bookmarks. I did back up my data to a usb 1 tb wd drive. assistanse. thank you (been using linux since about 1996, xubuntu since about 6 mo after he offiered to send every one free cds (2000?) I am going to Q4OS for a few reasons, mainly because ubuntu is abandoning its 32 bit customers.

hchiper · 2023-07-10 07:19

By default, a new install creates a /home/<username> directory containing only default subdirectories (Documents, Images... which are empty) and default config files. No previous personal data files, personal profiles are present, because the target install partition is formatted during the installation. You have to put your personal data back from your backup (1 TB USB drive) into your /home/<username> directory.
(Things are different if the /home directory was on a separate partition.)

jsowden · 2023-07-10 07:29

Thank you for the concise clear response. Thankfully, I read the last line. Years ago I learned to put the home directory in tts own partition. I did do so in this case. Ergo, how do I proceed?

hchiper · 2023-07-10 12:34

I also have the content of /home on a separate partition. My file
/etc/fstab
contains the following line:
UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx /home ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 2
where xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx is the UUID of the filesystem containing /home data.
In my case, they are on /dev/sda3, whose UUID can be displayed with (adapt to your case):
$ sudo blkid /dev/sda3
/dev/sda3: UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

jsowden · 2023-07-10 17:52

belos is part of the fstab file including /home:

# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=d07b84ae-21a0-4652-9a42-e5695ec49050 / ext4 user_xattr,errors=remount-ro 0 1

# /home was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=b92dbfed-fcbe-4a03-9013-1d0639de38aa /home ext4 defaults 0 2

John

hchiper · 2023-07-17 07:57

Do you remember whether you accepted or refused to create /home on /dev/sda2 during the installation and are you sure that /dev/sda2 has not been reformatted?
I seldom make an install and I don't remember what the options are for /home when data are on an separate partition. Maybe there was an option to mount it as is, without modification, which would have been the good choice.
Anyway, if your /home is empty FOR ALL USERS (/home/<user1>, /home/<user2>, ...), I fear the only solution is to retrieve your data from your backup.

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