[SOLVED] /mnt and /mnt/boot on seperate partitions?

cu3ba11 · 2013-11-01 20:48:56

I'd like to keep /mnt/boot on my ssd, and keep /mnt on my hdd. I know it's possible to keep /mnt on one partition, and /mnt/home on another, because I've done it on another computer. When I tried to do this new setup, pacstrap failed to install.

Here's what I did

mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/boot #a logical partition on my ssd
mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt #a large partition on my hdd

Any suggestions?

Last edited by cu3ba11 (2013-11-02 21:03:05)

alphaniner · 2013-11-01 21:00:29

The mount point for / during installation is arbitrary. What you need to be asking is "Can / and /boot be on separate partitions?" And the answer is yes.

However, the real problem is that you created and mounted /mnt/boot before mounting /mnt. This is pretty basic stuff, so I suggest you try to figure out why that can't work.

Last edited by alphaniner (2013-11-01 21:01:31)

teateawhy · 2013-11-02 12:48:01

Beginner's Guide wrote:

Note: Do not mount more than one partition to the same directory. And pay attention, because the mounting order is important.

Follow the Beginner's Guide and you should be fine.

cu3ba11 · 2013-11-02 19:30:38

Thanks, I took another look at how I was mounting them, and you were right. I succesfully installed Arch.

jasonwryan · 2013-11-02 19:42:01

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#1 2013-11-01 20:48:56

[SOLVED] /mnt and /mnt/boot on seperate partitions?

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