From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2024-05-13, Java Jive wrote:   
   > 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 ...   
      
   Yeah, my PC throws a fit for some reason when I don't let linux   
   partition the main drive --- I think it's some weirdness of the poor   
   implementation of UEFI on the motherboard.   
      
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