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glock356 12-05-2011 05:45 AM

Installing Fedora on two hard disks
 
Hello!

I am planning to install Fedora - 15 or 16 - on computer with two hard disks - 200 and 160 GB.
There is WinXP installed on C.
Windows to be removed - replaced with Fedora.

Code:


janez@linux-o165:~> su
Password:
linux-o165:/home/janez # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200048565760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390719855 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d84b2

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sda1  *        2048    48211064    24104508+  7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2        48211065  390716864  171252900    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5        48211128  390716864  171252868+  7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd00ad00a

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sdb1          16065  202756364  101370150    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb2      202758144  205053951    1147904  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb3      205053952  246886399    20916224  83  Linux
/dev/sdb4      246886400  312580095    32846848  83  Linux
/dev/sdb5          16128  202756364  101370118+  7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Code:


linux-o165:/home/janez # cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJB-00J3A0_WD-WCAV31180594-part2 swap                swap      defaults              0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJB-00J3A0_WD-WCAV31180594-part3 /                    ext4      acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJB-00J3A0_WD-WCAV31180594-part4 /home                ext4      acl,user_xattr        1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3200826A_3ND2G5M3-part1 /windows/C          ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3200826A_3ND2G5M3-part5 /windows/D          ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJB-00J3A0_WD-WCAV31180594-part5 /windows/E          ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
proc                /proc                proc      defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                sysfs      noauto                0 0
debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
devpts              /dev/pts            devpts    mode=0620,gid=5      0 0

Fedora is to be installed on sda(200 GB) and sdb(160 GB) to be used for /home partition.
But there is too much space on sda to be used only for /boot and /root partition.
Is it possible to create home partition on sda and another on sdb(there to be used entire 160 GB for /home)?
Or any other solution to use space on both disks for data storage?
Thanks for answers.

acid_kewpie 12-05-2011 05:50 AM

Yes, just use LVM to cover both disks, the installer makes this very easy.

corp769 12-05-2011 05:50 AM

Hello,

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread should be closed because it is a duplicate of: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-disks-917215/

Cheers,

Josh

Edit - Just been replied to.... Chris, I just reported the thread over to you to be closed. I guess you can close the other one then :p

EricTRA 12-05-2011 06:10 AM

Hi Josh,

Off topic: congratulations on making Guru (finally!), LOL

Kind regards,

Eric

corp769 12-05-2011 06:26 AM

Thanks Eric!

And to the OP - Just like Chris said, setting up an LVM is going to be the best way to do what you intend to do.

Cheers,

Josh


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