How I moved my home directory to its own partition

1_create_extended_partition

$ sudo su
# fdisk /dev/sda
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xff3231fe

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   419432447   209612800    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       419441148   833934147   207246500    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
   p   primary (3 primary, 0 extended, 1 free)
   e   extended
Select (default e): e
Selected partition 4
First sector (419432448-3907029167, default 419432448): 
Using default value 419432448
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (419432448-419441147, default 419441147): 
Using default value 419441147

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xff3231fe

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   419432447   209612800    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       419441148   833934147   207246500    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       833935360   3907028991 1536546816    5  Extended

Partition table entries are not in disk order

2_create_logical_partition

Command (m for help): n
All primary partitions are in use
Adding logical partition 5
First sector (833935360-3907028991, default 833935360): 2147483647
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (419434496-419441147, default 419441147): 
Using default value 419441147

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xff3231fe

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   419432447   209612800    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       419441148   833934147   207246500    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       833935360  3907028991  1536546816    5  Extended
/dev/sda5      2147483647  3907028991   879772672+  83  Linux


Partition table entries are not in disk order

3_write_partition_table

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
Syncing disks.

4_mount_partition

# mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda4
# blkid
/dev/loop0: UUID="77bbe3db-8b03-4b7f-afba-cf5b1176f369" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="B416B99416B957D6" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda2: UUID="BAD6C1F7D6C1B3C3" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda3: UUID="DC70F9F470F9D56C" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="695279c9-4800-41d7-bd1f-f32d324c617f" TYPE="ext4"
# echo 'UUID=695279c9-4800-41d7-bd1f-f32d324c617f /mnt/home ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2' >>/etc/fstab
# mkdir /mnt/home
# mount /mnt/home

5_copy_files

# time rsync -aXS --exclude='/*/.gvfs' /home/. /mnt/home/.

6_move_partition

# umount /mnt/home
# vim /etc/fstab    # change /mnt/home to /home in fstab. save.
# mv /home /home_old
# mount /home