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[Q] dual HD partitioning with sata and SSD

I have a computer that has a 500gb sata drive and a 16gb solid state drive. the computer only boots from the sata and I was wondering if I could partition the drives so that arch boots from the sata but the arch installation is on the solid state drive.

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Re: [Q] dual HD partitioning with sata and SSD

With syslinux, install to MBR of the HDD and use a small partition there as /boot.

I don't use GRUB, but I think it could be installed to MBR of HDD and boot system on SSD without need for any partition on the HDD.

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Re: [Q] dual HD partitioning with sata and SSD

If you run

lsblk

are the SSD and the HDD shown as separate devices? Or is it a HDD that uses a SSD as its cache?
If HDD and SSD are separate devices, what you want is possible. Otherwise i can't say, probably not.

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Re: [Q] dual HD partitioning with sata and SSD

If you run

lsblk

are the SSD and the HDD shown as separate devices? Or is it a HDD that uses a SSD as its cache?
If HDD and SSD are separate devices, what you want is possible. Otherwise i can't say, probably not.

they are separate drives

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Re: [Q] dual HD partitioning with sata and SSD

Ok, should be no problem then. What about UEFI?