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   On 13/05/2024 11:27, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >   
   > On 2024-05-13, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I want to install Linux with a 250 GB SSD for the OS and a 1 TB SSD for   
   >> the data. I tried Googling:   
   >   
   > Should be a pretty straightforward (albeit 2-step) process from within   
   > the live session (installer).  It also depends a little bit on what you   
   > mean by "the data" -- for the rest here, I'm going to assume you mean   
   > "user data" (i.e. home directories).   
   >   
   > This is all done in the live session, there may be easier methods.   
   >   
   > 1. Install everything to the 250G drive, as per "normal" installation.   
   >      Do not reboot after the installer completes.   
   > 2. Manually format the 1T drive to EXT4 (use gparted).   
   > 3. Mount both the newly-installed ("NI") system and "data" drive.   
   > 4. Move the directory "NI"/home/username to "data"/username   
   > 5. Get the UUID of the "data" drive with lsblk   
   > 6. Edit "NI"/etc/fstab to include a mounting point for the data drive:   
   >      UUID=xxxxx /home ext4 defaults 0 0   
   > 7. Reboot into the newly-installed system   
   >   
   > If you mean something else, please can you clarify / explain your   
   > envisioned usage?   
      
    From memory, the above is more complex than it need be.  IIRC Mint and   
   Ubuntu are similar, the latter being my current favourite distro ...   
      
   First a note to the OP, 250GB is way more than you need for an OS,   
   particularly Linux.  Of course the disk space required will depend on   
   how much software you want to install, but as a guide:   
      
   Windows 7 through 10 64-bit with LOTS of software installed, but search   
   indexing, which consumes disk space like there's no tomorrow, disabled,   
   hibernation and paging (large files) enabled, 64GB is comfortably enough   
   for me, though occasional housekeeping is beneficial.  This is double   
   what I found necessary for XP 32-bit with probably even more software   
   installed.   
      
   Linux Ubuntu 22 with a moderate amount of software installed and a   
   swapfile rather than a swap partition, 32GB is plenty for my needs.   
      
   As for how to install as you suggest, my instructions are more detailed   
   about the partitioning part of the installation.  By default, Linux will   
   install to a single partition, but on the Debian line of distros, which   
   I think includes Mint, there is a particular stage in the process you   
   need to get right.  I'm working from an XUbuntu 22 USB stick, but from   
   memory Mint is very similar ...   
      
   1)	Boot from the USB and choose Install, though you can choose Try and   
   later Install from the Desktop icon.   
      
   2)	Set the region/language   
      
   3)	Make your own choices regarding installation size, downloading   
   updates for the installation, and 3rd party software.  I tend to select   
   the latter as I've found sometimes that certain media files won't play.   
      
   CRITICAL SECTION!   
      
   4)	Dialog entitled 'Installation Type', this is where you choose to let   
   Linux make all the decisions, or take control, and you need to do the   
   latter.   
      
   You must choose 'Something else'.  A gparted-style partitioning window   
   appears.  Select the disk and partition for the root installation, and   
   click 'Change' underneath the table, and you get to a dialogue entitled   
   'Edit the partition'.  Change 'Use as' to ext4, optionally choose to   
   format the partition if it contains unwanted old files, and choose '/'   
   as the 'Mount point'.  Click OK.   
      
   It's possible that at this point a confirmation dialog may come up:   
   'Write the previous changes to the disk and continue?', if so, not yet,   
   choose 'Go back'   
      
   Repeat the above for the data or home partition, but this time choosing   
   '/home' as the 'Mount point'.  If already you have data on it, then you   
   will most probably want to choose NOT to format it, though be aware that   
   if, later in the installation, you choose a pre-existing username, that   
   user profile may get overwritten with possible loss of pre-existing data.   
      
   If the 'Write the previous changes ...' appears now, choose 'Continue',   
   otherwise choose Install under the partition table and it will then appear.   
      
   END OF CRITICAL SECTION!   
      
   5)	From now on install as normal, the next stage is choosing the Time Zone.   
      
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