How to change the file system mount points with new hard drives.
by Mikech from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4XNYW)
I recently built a new computer and installed Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon on it. During the install, I chose to "do something else" instead of accepting the default storage configuration.
I wanted to do this because I have two SSDs, one an M2m and the other a SATA in addition to having 3 hard drives. The configuration I wanted was to mount my 4T hard drive with my /home/user directory from my old computer and then make use of the cheaper SSD Sata speed by putting /usr and /bin on it. The directories that get a lot of writes I wanted on a regular hard drive so I tried to mount /var and /opt on it. I want to maintain my SSDs as long as possible and still gain the speed advantage they offer.
The bad news it is that the Mint installer crashes unless you put the entire file system on the boot hard drive. At least for me. So I just let it install the default to the M2m SSD.
My questions is how can I fix this now? I tried using Gparted to simply change the mount location but since I did not copy the /bin /var /and /opt directories first the system no longer booted. What a dumbkopf!!
Is there a foolproof way to to move those directories to the other drives and off the expensive M2m SSD without having to do a new install? Especially my home directory, because I have 700 gigabytes of data in my old /home that I need and it won't fit on the M2m SSD anyway.
I wanted to do this because I have two SSDs, one an M2m and the other a SATA in addition to having 3 hard drives. The configuration I wanted was to mount my 4T hard drive with my /home/user directory from my old computer and then make use of the cheaper SSD Sata speed by putting /usr and /bin on it. The directories that get a lot of writes I wanted on a regular hard drive so I tried to mount /var and /opt on it. I want to maintain my SSDs as long as possible and still gain the speed advantage they offer.
The bad news it is that the Mint installer crashes unless you put the entire file system on the boot hard drive. At least for me. So I just let it install the default to the M2m SSD.
My questions is how can I fix this now? I tried using Gparted to simply change the mount location but since I did not copy the /bin /var /and /opt directories first the system no longer booted. What a dumbkopf!!
Is there a foolproof way to to move those directories to the other drives and off the expensive M2m SSD without having to do a new install? Especially my home directory, because I have 700 gigabytes of data in my old /home that I need and it won't fit on the M2m SSD anyway.