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I'd like to create a manual partition for my Linux Xubuntu using two different phisical disks. I'd like to put Boot, Swap and / in a SSD Disk and use a traditional cylinder disk for /home

Is it possible? Is it easy?

Thanks

Roberto Zavadlav

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  • It is possible and very easy. But why would you need a separate /boot partition? – Pilot6 Jan 30 '20 at 17:22
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    Does this answer your question? How to use manual partitioning during installation? – Pilot6 Jan 30 '20 at 17:22
  • Hi, thank for the answer... well, i'd like to put Boot, Swap and Root in a ssd because is speeder and i prefer put /home in a traditional disk because people told me that ssd doesn't like a lot of write process and the /home directory is a place in which always i write, change, delete files.... but i'm not very expert. I accept suggestions – Roberto Zavadlav Jan 30 '20 at 17:32
  • What you were told about SSDs was valid many years ago. Now, an SSD from a quality manufacturer will likely outlast HDDs, especially since TRIM is included in Ubuntu now.. Read https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ssd-storage-longevity-for-archival-not-write-endurance.3454065/ and https://insights.samsung.com/2019/02/11/why-is-ssd-better-than-hdd/ – K7AAY Jan 30 '20 at 18:54

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Yes, you can.

https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-install-ubuntu-desktop#0 outlines and illustrates the installation process. When you get to step 6, Allocate Disk Space, choose Something Else. There, you can create a partition for /home on your HDD and put everything else on the SSD.

Please note there's no need for a separate Swap Partition in Ubuntu, and there hasn't been since 2017. Just let Ubuntu put swapspace in /home which it does automatically.

Now, that may not be necessary: What you were told about SSDs was valid many years ago. Now, an SSD from a quality manufacturer will likely outlast HDDs, especially since TRIM is included in Ubuntu now.. Read https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ssd-storage-longevity-for-archival-not-write-endurance.3454065/ and http://insights.samsung.com/2019/02/11/why-is-ssd-better-than-hdd for an intriduction to the modern SSD.

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