Magazine Handling While Setting Up with SSDs and HDDs - /, /home, /boot
Magazine Handling While Setting Up with SSDs and HDDs - /, /home, /boot
Hello! It sounds like you're setting up a dual-boot system with Kubuntu and Windows. Since you have a 240GB SSD for booting and daily use, you might want to allocate it efficiently. Your current plan of placing "/" on the SSD and "/home" on the larger drive makes sense. This setup can help Kubuntu start faster than Windows. Regarding partitions, yes, having a dedicated "/boot" partition is recommended for stability, even if you're new to this. Just ensure your bootloader (GRUB) recognizes all partitions correctly. Let me know if you need more details!
the only file you must divide is /home since that way you can reinstall without losing your data. If you own applications not available in the repositories such as oracle's java or android studio, then a separate partition for /opt or any other location you prefer is useful. I no longer need a swap partition; I believe the upcoming Ubuntu will adopt swap files instead. Swap files are simpler to handle. There’s no point in placing /boot on its own unless you install it on an mdadm RAID0 setup.
In the past, BIOSes and bootloaders couldn't handle the entire disk, so they relied on stage2 or stage3 of the bootloader staying within a specific memory range. Today, a separate /boot is largely unnecessary. If you don’t need to back up files in /home or prefer managing them yourself—moving them elsewhere during reinstallation—consider omitting /home. This helps keep free space organized without needing extra storage for both directories.
I finished what I was doing and everything is functioning properly, including the quick boot time. No changes were made to /boot. Appreciate the help!
It functioned well this time. Previously, moving my home folder caused it to lose all files and start over, but now symbolic links on the second drive are working properly.
It seems the file system operates independently from Windows, which prevents it from detecting Ext4. The files remain intact. You may consider creating an NTFS partition for your music files so they can be accessed by both operating systems.
You can add drivers to enable Ex4 on Windows. I believe I should retain my links. Avoid disrupting anything that works fine.