Multiple drives - how/should I combine?
by byebyemrgates from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4XK9M)
Hi there!
Just installed Mint 19 ona re-furbished PC. I did not buy the PC and did not know history. When installing, and answering question about which disk to use, I just picked the first one on the list.
Turns out it has to separate harddrives for some reason. I picked the 200Gb one, and there is also a 1Tb. I should have picked that.
So now th file system is on the 120Gb (sda1), and the 1Tb is em[ty, appearing as "secondary drive" (sdb1) in the file manger.
I don't really want to repeat the install, as it took a long time to install software etc.
Can I combine the two without rising losing all? Any aadvice/
some output ("seagate" is another external drive):
Code:$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev 4030148 0 4030148 0% /dev
tmpfs 812320 1872 810448 1% /run
/dev/sda2 114337956 17871056 90615764 17% /
tmpfs 4061584 39344 4022240 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 4061584 0 4061584 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 523248 6232 517016 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs 812316 28 812288 1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1001
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1004
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1003
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1002
/dev/sdb1 976759804 131200 976628604 1% /media/bekor/Secondary Disk
/dev/sdc1 976759808 54324224 922435584 6% /media/bekor/Seagate Exp
Just installed Mint 19 ona re-furbished PC. I did not buy the PC and did not know history. When installing, and answering question about which disk to use, I just picked the first one on the list.
Turns out it has to separate harddrives for some reason. I picked the 200Gb one, and there is also a 1Tb. I should have picked that.
So now th file system is on the 120Gb (sda1), and the 1Tb is em[ty, appearing as "secondary drive" (sdb1) in the file manger.
I don't really want to repeat the install, as it took a long time to install software etc.
Can I combine the two without rising losing all? Any aadvice/
some output ("seagate" is another external drive):
Code:$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev 4030148 0 4030148 0% /dev
tmpfs 812320 1872 810448 1% /run
/dev/sda2 114337956 17871056 90615764 17% /
tmpfs 4061584 39344 4022240 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 4061584 0 4061584 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 523248 6232 517016 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs 812316 28 812288 1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1001
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1004
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1003
tmpfs 812316 20 812296 1% /run/user/1002
/dev/sdb1 976759804 131200 976628604 1% /media/bekor/Secondary Disk
/dev/sdc1 976759808 54324224 922435584 6% /media/bekor/Seagate Exp