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Hello I have got a new 60GB SSD and a 500GB HDD.
I would like to install Mint 17 on the SSD and use the Hdd for storgage of documents Pictures and Videos etc.
Is this feasable or is the SSD too small to hold the distro. ?
Is there a guide how to do this suitable for a beginner who is usually out of his depth ?
I think the OP is looking to install onto the SSD and disk. Simplest to merely create /home on the hard disk during the partitioning phase (select "Something Else" for Mint I believe). A quick search for "linux mint install separate home partition" should turn up some doco - it's a pretty common query.
Thanks Beachboy2
I have followed your instructions and everything seemed to go ok
I have two problems
The Hdd does not show up on the side panel of My Computer only Home Desktop and File system.
The second is when I reboot I get a line at the of the top of the screen which is
Keys:Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery but it doesn't say what is being skipped mounting
If I press S to skip there is a second line which says
Keys:Press I to ignore S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery.
Hello Beachboy2
This is the output from sudo nano /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /media/drive2 was on /dev/sdb1
UUID=08b7e017-2ef1-403d-8b08-132d5aafa590 /media/drive2 ext4 defaults 0 2
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=0606d146-3df3-46e5-9a62-8dd570f45e4a / ext4 errors=remoun$
ext4 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
ext4 noatime,defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=b7cca755-b239-4f70-971d-f37c8bec996c none swap sw $
And this from gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /media/drive2 was on /dev/sdb1
UUID=08b7e017-2ef1-403d-8b08-132d5aafa590 /media/drive2 ext4 defaults 0 2
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=0606d146-3df3-46e5-9a62-8dd570f45e4a / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
ext4 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
ext4 noatime,defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=b7cca755-b239-4f70-971d-f37c8bec996c none swap sw 0 0
Beachboy2,
I have followed your instructions and when I reboot now I only the one line
keys:Press I to ignore S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery.
I also had a look at the file system and there are two folders
noatime,defaults and noatime,errors=remount-ro is this correct?
I also do not have a home partition, not that I can see.
When I installed Mint I set the partitions as you suggested 15GB for /root, 4GB for /swap and the remainder for /home.
The partitions I now have are 4GB /swap 4GB which is not labelled and the remainder which also does not have a label, which I assume is /home
You have not created a /home partition on the SSD.
You really need to print off my notes and then start again. Use gparted to delete existing partitions and start with new ones.
Use copy & paste as much as possible to minimise errors.
NB You have to be very precise with your typing.
I had the "Press I to ignore S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery" error because on one occasion I had omitted ext4 for sdb1 in /etc/fstab.
I have used this procedure several times and I can assure you that it does work perfectly.
There is no room for error though!
I appreciate that this is a bit of a tough task for a beginner who is not familiar with the command line, but if you follow those instructions exactly, you will succeed.
You will also learn and become more confident about using the command line.
Thanks for all your help I have now printed your guide and will start again.
I don't mind using the terminal what I lack is knowing what the commands and output mean.
Still at it Beachboy2
I have reformatted the ssd and installed Mint
I thought everything was going well but when I reboot I still get the message
keys:Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery
and when I press S it boots up ok. I can't see why.
Code:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
#/media/drive2 was on /dev/sdb1
UUID=c2f43d8e-deab-4e51-8072-55fa1350cf14 /media/drive2 ext4 defaults 0 2
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=959a94f1-76b5-47c7-9baf-b43c2dfffa8e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
ext4 noatime,errors=remount -ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=f9548cc0-f666-4b9e-a9e1-dbf999805f38 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
ext4 noatime,defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=645dfc80-49aa-4a56-9063-bafb6feddcc3 none swap sw 0 0
When I try with gksudo gedit /etc/fstab this is new, I've not seen this before until you asked
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
(gedit:2665): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
(gedit:2665): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.7CMVHY': No such file or directory
(gedit:2665): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
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