[How-to] Mount /home to another disk partition

[How-to] Mount /home to another disk partition

I need to free up some space in my linux(Ubuntu) main partition. I decided to move my /home folder to another partition. So I did the following, as instructed here, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving:

~$ sudo blkid

~$ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.$(date +%Y-%m-%d)

~$ cmp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.$(date +%Y-%m-%d)

~$ sudo gedit /etc/fstab

    and appended

    UUID=????????  /media/home  ext4  defaults  0  2 

~$ sudo mkdir /media/home

~$ sudo mount -a

~$ sudo rsync -aXS --exclude='/*/.gvfs' /home/. /media/home/.

~$ sudo diff -r /home /media/home

~$ sudo gedit /etc/fstab

     and edited /media/home to /home

~$ cd / && sudo mv /home /old_home && sudo mkdir /home

~$ reboot

~$ sudo rm -r /old_home

~$ sudo rmdir /media/home