How do I find the home directory from another installation on a HDD?
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I first installed a Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy) through Berryboot on a HDD. I made some scripts in the /home/pi folder.
Now I reinstalled Raspbian on a USB stick instead, but I want to read and copy the files in /home/pi when the other disk is connected, but I can't find them. I tried mounting the disk:
sudo fdisk -l
mkdir /tmp/mount
mount /dev/sdb2 /tmp/mount
But when I list this directory, all I find is data images lost+found shared tmp.
So where are all the files that I usually see when I ls / like bin boot dev etc export home...?
At first I thought the might be on the SD card running the Pi, that I erased while reinstalled berryboot, but since I found my old home directory when I booted of the HDD, I think it seems to be hidden somewhere.
I didn't use encryption (that I know of), and I have passwords for both of the logins, even if the passwords are different.
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I first installed a Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy) through Berryboot on a HDD. I made some scripts in the /home/pi folder.
Now I reinstalled Raspbian on a USB stick instead, but I want to read and copy the files in /home/pi when the other disk is connected, but I can't find them. I tried mounting the disk:
sudo fdisk -l
mkdir /tmp/mount
mount /dev/sdb2 /tmp/mount
But when I list this directory, all I find is data images lost+found shared tmp.
So where are all the files that I usually see when I ls / like bin boot dev etc export home...?
At first I thought the might be on the SD card running the Pi, that I erased while reinstalled berryboot, but since I found my old home directory when I booted of the HDD, I think it seems to be hidden somewhere.
I didn't use encryption (that I know of), and I have passwords for both of the logins, even if the passwords are different.
debian mount raspberry-pi raspbian home
edited 7 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
37.3k1374118
asked Sep 7 '17 at 14:30
Niclas
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Issdb2the correct partition to look at? Does the disk have other partitions?
– Kusalananda
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
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We can't really help without access to your device. The files are obviously somewhere else but we can't know where. Why did you choosesdb2? Could they be insdb1for instance? You say you found your old home directory when you booted off of the HDD. What HDD is that? And if you found it, isn't that the answer to your question?
– terdon♦
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
If I boot with the HDD, sdb1 on the USB has some leftovers from what was on the USB stick before I installed it (on sdb2). If I boot from the USB, I can't mount sdb1. It says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1"
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:45
When booting from either USB stick or HDD, I can find my home directory for that installation, but I can't find the home for the other device, that isn't currently used for booting, but is connected and shown infdisk -l. Are those folders supposed to be hidden?
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:50
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I first installed a Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy) through Berryboot on a HDD. I made some scripts in the /home/pi folder.
Now I reinstalled Raspbian on a USB stick instead, but I want to read and copy the files in /home/pi when the other disk is connected, but I can't find them. I tried mounting the disk:
sudo fdisk -l
mkdir /tmp/mount
mount /dev/sdb2 /tmp/mount
But when I list this directory, all I find is data images lost+found shared tmp.
So where are all the files that I usually see when I ls / like bin boot dev etc export home...?
At first I thought the might be on the SD card running the Pi, that I erased while reinstalled berryboot, but since I found my old home directory when I booted of the HDD, I think it seems to be hidden somewhere.
I didn't use encryption (that I know of), and I have passwords for both of the logins, even if the passwords are different.
debian mount raspberry-pi raspbian home
edited 7 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
37.3k1374118
asked Sep 7 '17 at 14:30
Niclas
1011
I first installed a Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy) through Berryboot on a HDD. I made some scripts in the /home/pi folder.
Now I reinstalled Raspbian on a USB stick instead, but I want to read and copy the files in /home/pi when the other disk is connected, but I can't find them. I tried mounting the disk:
sudo fdisk -l
mkdir /tmp/mount
mount /dev/sdb2 /tmp/mount
But when I list this directory, all I find is data images lost+found shared tmp.
So where are all the files that I usually see when I ls / like bin boot dev etc export home...?
At first I thought the might be on the SD card running the Pi, that I erased while reinstalled berryboot, but since I found my old home directory when I booted of the HDD, I think it seems to be hidden somewhere.
I didn't use encryption (that I know of), and I have passwords for both of the logins, even if the passwords are different.
debian mount raspberry-pi raspbian home
debian mount raspberry-pi raspbian home
edited 7 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
37.3k1374118
asked Sep 7 '17 at 14:30
Niclas
1011
edited 7 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
37.3k1374118
asked Sep 7 '17 at 14:30
Niclas
1011
edited 7 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
37.3k1374118
edited 7 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
37.3k1374118
edited 7 mins ago
Rui F Ribeiro
37.3k1374118
37.3k1374118
asked Sep 7 '17 at 14:30
Niclas
1011
asked Sep 7 '17 at 14:30
Niclas
1011
asked Sep 7 '17 at 14:30
Niclas
1011
1011
2
Issdb2the correct partition to look at? Does the disk have other partitions?
– Kusalananda
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
1
We can't really help without access to your device. The files are obviously somewhere else but we can't know where. Why did you choosesdb2? Could they be insdb1for instance? You say you found your old home directory when you booted off of the HDD. What HDD is that? And if you found it, isn't that the answer to your question?
– terdon♦
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
If I boot with the HDD, sdb1 on the USB has some leftovers from what was on the USB stick before I installed it (on sdb2). If I boot from the USB, I can't mount sdb1. It says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1"
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:45
When booting from either USB stick or HDD, I can find my home directory for that installation, but I can't find the home for the other device, that isn't currently used for booting, but is connected and shown infdisk -l. Are those folders supposed to be hidden?
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:50
add a comment |Â
2
Issdb2the correct partition to look at? Does the disk have other partitions?
– Kusalananda
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
1
We can't really help without access to your device. The files are obviously somewhere else but we can't know where. Why did you choosesdb2? Could they be insdb1for instance? You say you found your old home directory when you booted off of the HDD. What HDD is that? And if you found it, isn't that the answer to your question?
– terdon♦
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
If I boot with the HDD, sdb1 on the USB has some leftovers from what was on the USB stick before I installed it (on sdb2). If I boot from the USB, I can't mount sdb1. It says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1"
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:45
When booting from either USB stick or HDD, I can find my home directory for that installation, but I can't find the home for the other device, that isn't currently used for booting, but is connected and shown infdisk -l. Are those folders supposed to be hidden?
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:50
2
2
Is
sdb2 the correct partition to look at? Does the disk have other partitions?– Kusalananda
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
Is
sdb2 the correct partition to look at? Does the disk have other partitions?– Kusalananda
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
1
1
We can't really help without access to your device. The files are obviously somewhere else but we can't know where. Why did you choose
sdb2? Could they be in sdb1 for instance? You say you found your old home directory when you booted off of the HDD. What HDD is that? And if you found it, isn't that the answer to your question?– terdon♦
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
We can't really help without access to your device. The files are obviously somewhere else but we can't know where. Why did you choose
sdb2? Could they be in sdb1 for instance? You say you found your old home directory when you booted off of the HDD. What HDD is that? And if you found it, isn't that the answer to your question?– terdon♦
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
If I boot with the HDD, sdb1 on the USB has some leftovers from what was on the USB stick before I installed it (on sdb2). If I boot from the USB, I can't mount sdb1. It says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1"
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:45
If I boot with the HDD, sdb1 on the USB has some leftovers from what was on the USB stick before I installed it (on sdb2). If I boot from the USB, I can't mount sdb1. It says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1"
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:45
When booting from either USB stick or HDD, I can find my home directory for that installation, but I can't find the home for the other device, that isn't currently used for booting, but is connected and shown in
fdisk -l. Are those folders supposed to be hidden?– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:50
When booting from either USB stick or HDD, I can find my home directory for that installation, but I can't find the home for the other device, that isn't currently used for booting, but is connected and shown in
fdisk -l. Are those folders supposed to be hidden?– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:50
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Is
sdb2the correct partition to look at? Does the disk have other partitions?– Kusalananda
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
1
We can't really help without access to your device. The files are obviously somewhere else but we can't know where. Why did you choose
sdb2? Could they be insdb1for instance? You say you found your old home directory when you booted off of the HDD. What HDD is that? And if you found it, isn't that the answer to your question?– terdon♦
Sep 7 '17 at 14:41
If I boot with the HDD, sdb1 on the USB has some leftovers from what was on the USB stick before I installed it (on sdb2). If I boot from the USB, I can't mount sdb1. It says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1"
– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:45
When booting from either USB stick or HDD, I can find my home directory for that installation, but I can't find the home for the other device, that isn't currently used for booting, but is connected and shown in
fdisk -l. Are those folders supposed to be hidden?– Niclas
Sep 7 '17 at 14:50