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   On 5/13/2024 9:51 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2024-05-13 11:53, 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:   
   >>   
   >> "how to install Linux with one drive for Linux and one for data" and can't   
   believe the replies that came up! Most of them are about dual booting or   
   re-writing Grub.   
   >>   
   >> I like Linux Mint xfce if that makes a difference.   
   >>   
   >> Can anybody point me to a guide on this please? I have plenty of experience   
   doing it on Windows but this is the first attempt with Linux.   
   >   
   > Depends on what you understand by "data". If you mean your user files, then   
   you only need to put the "/home" directory in the second disk. As simple as   
   that. No guide necessary.   
   >   
   > Or it may mean put "/data" directory on second disk. Another interpretation.   
   >   
   > Now, how to achieve this, it depends on what you have already done. To do it   
   from scratch during installation, well, the details depend on what   
   distribution you are using.   
   >   
   > For example, on openSUSE you tell the partitioner to do an offering using   
   the small disk, then modify it to put /home in the other disk.   
   >   
      
   You can do it all with custom partitioning.   
      
   It's actually pretty easy, all things considered.   
      
   Boot the media in UEFI mode, rather than CSM.   
   Partition the disks GPT. Use the partitioner   
   and add enough partitione. EFI, swap, slash, home.   
   Four partitions. And *only* put an EFI on the   
   OS/boot disk, not on both disk drives.   
      
      Paul   
      
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