Auto mounting MicroSD on boot + microSD as /home

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Hi,

I have installed Ubuntu to my BBB’s eMMC and want to use a MicroSD as some extra storage.
Is there any way to make the microSD mount on boot? And is there any way to use the microSD as /home partition?

Thanks

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After you've flashed the eMMC, you just need to format the microSD,
copy your current home directory to it, and then edit /etc/fstab and
add it...

Regards,

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Thanks for the answer. So I just make a ext3/ext4 partition and then just move the whole /home to the microSD right?
Is there any preferred filesystem, ext3 or ext4?

I tried out this yesterday and found that the ext3 puts a lost+found dir on the partition. Will this affect the system from mounting that card as a /home partition?