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Feb092012

How do I change the mount point of a partition?

Pratik Dayama asks:

How do I change the mount point of a partition, like when installing Ubuntu?

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System: Ubuntu 11.04
Tagged: install software, mount partition, ubuntu

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FIDELIS February 9, 2012

Hello, when installing ubuntu:

Mount points for disk partitions:
http://www.easy-ubuntu-linux.com/ubuntu-installation-606-12.html

When mounting and changing partitions, you will have to make some changes in the /etc/fstab file. Here are some instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MoveMountpointHowto

Other options and more info:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving

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