From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 5/15/2024 5:52 AM, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   > On 14/05/2024 in message  Jeff   
   Gaines wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 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...   
   >   
   > Update 2   
   >   
   > Left the machine on overnight and all was well this morning so hopefully I   
   have struck lucky with the memory.   
   >   
   > Added the DVD player this morning. Had to snap off a metal panel that has   
   been sleeping peacefully for 13 years but no problems. Power was adjacent but   
   needed to add a data cable, wangle it through the machine and find "P6" to   
   plug it into. Fortunately    
   the design is such that I could see an empty SATA socket but I had to slide   
   the mobo out to reach it. Anyway did that and re-booted and all was well.   
   >   
   > Then the biggy. Cleaned the two SSDs off (in Windows, I'm a coward) then put   
   them in their converter and into slots 1 & 2.   
   >   
   > Re-booted fine and chose "something else" as partitioning. Sadly way beyond   
   my pay grade, I wanted everything except /home (or is it /user) on the first   
   disk and /home on second. Problem is I do not have sufficient knowledge to   
   know how much space to    
   give each partition/folder so I went back and told it to take the whole 250 GB   
   drive.   
   >   
   > Once it had installed and I had managed to get a coloured background instead   
   of funereal black I installed gparted and have managed to add a partition to   
   disk 2 and format it.   
   >   
   > I've left the machine to update itself then will look into how to ensure the   
   second drive automounts on boot - I did know how to do it once upon a time but   
   need a refresher.   
   >   
   > Very pleased so far, no speed records but it's perky enough and keeping my   
   brain working!   
   >   
      
   I made a picture for you, in a previous post.   
      
   Because the scrolling window is small, I had to glue pictures together   
   to get all the partitions into the one picture.   
      
      [Picture]   
      
       https://i.postimg.cc/1XpY0SnH/XFCE213-two-disk.gif   
      
   I did that in VirtualBox.   
      
   It's not really that hard to do, and if the partitioner   
   complains about something, you can just click the Back   
   button, and have another go at it.   
      
      Paul   
      
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