How do I install on partitions on 2 different disks?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:06 pm
Hi,
I'm looking for advice from more experienced linux users on how to achieve the following : I want to install LMDE xfce 12.04 on my old eepc 701 as a first computer for my 8 year old son, who'd like to try programming.
The first problem
The 701's 4GB ssd is too small to hold the entire system; however, with an sdhc card in the internal card reader it should be possible to put /usr (the biggest space hog by far) and /home on partitions on the sdhc, while leaving root on the ssd.
The second problem
Unfortunately, the installer lacks an option of splitting the system over partitions on two different disks.
So how can I do this?
I've found instructions for moving /home and /usr onto a different disk/partition from root: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 98#p577998
Unfortunately, I haven't space to install onto the ssd prior to moving partitions. I can't believe this is game over; is there another strategy I can try? I assume installing onto the sdhc or a usb stick and then moving root onto the ssd (while leaving /usr and /home on the sdhc?) would be ... er ... involved?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice.
Ian
I'm looking for advice from more experienced linux users on how to achieve the following : I want to install LMDE xfce 12.04 on my old eepc 701 as a first computer for my 8 year old son, who'd like to try programming.
The first problem
The 701's 4GB ssd is too small to hold the entire system; however, with an sdhc card in the internal card reader it should be possible to put /usr (the biggest space hog by far) and /home on partitions on the sdhc, while leaving root on the ssd.
The second problem
Unfortunately, the installer lacks an option of splitting the system over partitions on two different disks.
So how can I do this?
I've found instructions for moving /home and /usr onto a different disk/partition from root: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 98#p577998
Unfortunately, I haven't space to install onto the ssd prior to moving partitions. I can't believe this is game over; is there another strategy I can try? I assume installing onto the sdhc or a usb stick and then moving root onto the ssd (while leaving /usr and /home on the sdhc?) would be ... er ... involved?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice.
Ian