1. sudo fdisk -l to check whether ubuntu detects the new harddrive and identify the new harddrive identity (the one without mounting point, ex. sdb)
2. sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
press 'n' to create new partition.
press 'p' to add primary partition.
press '1' to name partition number.
enter the first and the last section
press 'L' to list available file sysetem type
choice '83' (linux)
press 'w' to write to the table and exit
3. sudo partprobe /dev/sdb
4. sudo mkfs /dev/sdb1 -t ext4
5. sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb1
6. sudo chmod 777 /mnt/sdb1
7. sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 -t ext4
8. sudo cp -R /home /mnt/sdb1
9. sudo vi /etc/fstab
add "/dev/sdb1 /home ext4 defaults 0 0 to the file, save and quit
10. backup the home folder to other places, then delete all in /home
11. sudo mount -a
12. reboot and done.
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