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I have windows and linux dual boot, each of them in different physical disk. As i no longer need to boot to windows, how can i add that disk to linux root partition? Can a root partition uses two disks? Thanks.

Victor
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  • See https://askubuntu.com/questions/22215/why-have-both-mnt-and-media and https://askubuntu.com/questions/268046/mount-two-hard-drives-on-start-up You can mount partition(s) from the old Windows disk anywhere in the Linux file system. – user68186 May 09 '18 at 15:50
  • You can use 2 disks for the root partition. By using RAID, or using bcache for example. Or LVM as already mentionned. – solsTiCe May 09 '18 at 16:40

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You cannot "share" the root partition over two disks. You will need to mount the second disk somewhere.

Idea 1 - Use it as a drive from file manager

Format the disk using your favorite formatting utility and mount it in your file manager. This should be the easiest option.

Idea 2 - Use it for your /home folder

You could use this other disk as your /home by following the tutorial here: How to Move Home Directory to New Partition or Disk in Linux

Joshua Besneatte
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