EFI boot locations for two drives
by p12funk from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4WXN2)
I recently purchased a Lenovo S340 laptop with a 512 SSD and a 2T standard hard drive. I wiped windoze and installed LM 19.2 XFCE. I put EFI on the SSD and also root. I put home and swap on the 2T.
From what I have read SSD drives may not last as long as a mechanical drive. So I am going to install MX linux on the 2T, so in case the SSD fails at some point in the future I will still be able to access MX linux.
My question is if the SSD fails will I still be able to boot MX linux with the EFI partition on the SSD? Or will I need to put a second EFI partition on the 2T drive to boot MX? Can I even do that without creating problems?
From what I have read SSD drives may not last as long as a mechanical drive. So I am going to install MX linux on the 2T, so in case the SSD fails at some point in the future I will still be able to access MX linux.
My question is if the SSD fails will I still be able to boot MX linux with the EFI partition on the SSD? Or will I need to put a second EFI partition on the 2T drive to boot MX? Can I even do that without creating problems?