From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid
J.O. Aho wrote at 06:30 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On 13/05/2024 17.20, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Jeff Gaines wrote at 15:06 this Monday (GMT):
>>> On 13/05/2024 in message 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.
>>>
>>> Many thanks for all the replies :-)
>>>
>>> I confirm I want to set it up with 1 x OS drive and a separate drive for
>>> my data, e.g. documents, pictures etc. I just found it easier in Windows
>>> to back up the data drive and, in the event of a problem just re-install
>>> Windows and the data was still there.
>>>
>>> It's a 250 GB SSD because I'm not sure anything smaller is available
>>> nowadays!
>>>
>>> I hope the new (to me) machine will arrive tomorrow and will have the
>>> replies next to me while I install. I will let you know how it went...
>>
>>
>> Well, that would be even easier to set up if its two separate drives.
>> Just make a mount point somewhere (maybe in /media) and edit the fstab
>> file accordingly.
>
> and then bind mount the /media/something to /home ?
> far easier and more logical to just mount the second drive as /home.
Oh, oops.. I wasn't sure if they wanted a pure data drive or just a
separated home partition.
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