From ef25289a6d9dc853adf8d3d982867685e0687dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: capstan1 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 23:40:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update datactl move documentation (#1290) Add reboot command to the instructions. Also document how to check if data move has been successful. --- Documentation/partition.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/partition.md b/Documentation/partition.md index 1da60a1f9..61335276e 100644 --- a/Documentation/partition.md +++ b/Documentation/partition.md @@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ $ datactl move /dev/sdx ``` Enter "yes" to confirm the operation. This will prepare the disk, however, the -actual move will be running on next reboot. Once complete, the external drive +actual move will be running on next reboot. This will make the first boot significantly longer than usual; please be patient. Reboot with the following command: +```sh +$ ha host reboot +``` + +Once complete, the external drive will contain the data and will need to be plugged in to successfully boot Home -Assistant OS. +Assistant. + +## Check if the move was succesful. +Within the Home Assistant interface you won't see if the move was succesful. To check this, go to your host console again (as described above) and enter: +```sh +$ systemctl status mnt-data.mount +``` +If the data partition was moved to your USB drive you should see ```sh Active: active (mounted) ``` in the output. Also, it will show, which drive got mounted as /mnt/data (```sh Where ``` and ```sh what ``` section of the output)