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Rewired87

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Registered: 2015-11-23

Posts: 30

SSD + HDD System Not Working

I have never dealt with an SSD/HDD system before, so pardon me if this is cringe material for you experts

SDD is /dev/sda, HDD is /dev/sdb
Arch Linux root at /dev/sda3, Linux dedicated partiton (for programs, etc. not wanted on SSD) on /dev/sdb3
Both partitions are ext4

I have / mounted on the SSD, with /var /tmp and /home symlinked to corresponsing directories on the HDD partition 3.
When I set those up, the system would no longer boot.
Is there a better way to do this, mount binds maybe?
Thank you, I appreciate any advice you can give.

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core2idiot

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Registered: 2015-05-19

Posts: 5

Re: SSD + HDD System Not Working

The last time I had such a setup I used bind mounts instead of symlinks.  I also had all of the bind mounts setup before I booted for the first time.

/proc /chroot/mysql/proc none defaults,bind 0 0

thanks, Core2idiot

Rewired87

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Registered: 2015-11-23

Posts: 30

Re: SSD + HDD System Not Working

The last time I had such a setup I used bind mounts instead of symlinks.  I also had all of the bind mounts setup before I booted for the first time.

/proc /chroot/mysql/proc none defaults,bind 0 0

thanks, Core2idiot

Bind mounts, that's what I thought. Thanks!
I can probably find a way to reconfigure. Worst case scenario, if I have to reinstall, all I had installed was gnome. No big deal.
Happy Holidays, my friend!

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adamlau

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 418

Re: SSD + HDD System Not Working

I have a few mixed systems so I am not sure what the issue is. Can you not set everything up in /etc/fstab?

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