- #INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU HOW TO#
- #INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU INSTALL#
- #INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU UPDATE#
- #INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU SOFTWARE#
- #INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU PC#
With both drives set up, select the correct drive the boot loader will go to, then click the “install now” button to start the installation process. This time select /home as the mount point. Select / as the mount point, then the OK button to confirm the settings.ĭo the same with the second drive. This will bring up the “Create partition window.” Allow the tool to use the entire hard drive, then go to the “Mount Point” drop-down menu. Select the free space under drive one, then click the plus sign button to create a new partition. Now that both drives have partition tables (and partitions deleted), the configuration can begin. If the drive isn’t formatted and has no partitions, select the drive with the mouse, then click “new partition table.” Do this for all drives so that they both have partition tables. If there is already a partition table on it, the editor will show partitions. Select the hard drive that you plan to use for the root file system. If an SD card is plugged in, it will appear.
If two hard drives are available, they will appear.
#INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU INSTALL#
It will show any and all disks that can install Ubuntu. This reveals Ubuntu’s custom installation partitioning tool. To get to the custom installation page, select the “something else” box, then click continue. However, with this tutorial the option required is the custom one. However, it is recommended that both boxes be checked, as they save time after the installation, specifically with the installation of MP3 codecs and updating the system.Īfter selecting both boxes in the “Preparing to install Ubuntu” page, it will be time to select the installation type. These options aren’t mandatory and can be ignored. On the next page the Ubiquity installation tool asks the user to select some options. Select the “Install Ubuntu” button to proceed. When Ubuntu first loads, the welcome screen appears with two options.
#INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU PC#
If your PC does not support booting from USB, burn the Ubuntu image to a DVD. Find where the option is to enable booting from USB and enable it.
To get into the BIOS, reboot with the USB in, and press the correct key (Del, F2, or whatever the key is on your particular machine). This is needed so that the computer will boot the newly-created Ubuntu live USB. The Ubuntu live disk creation process will begin. Find the Ubuntu ISO file downloaded earlier and select it. This will prompt the user to browse for the ISO image. Make an image by clicking the “Select Image” button. You will also need a USB drive of at least 2 GB in size. This is a very easy-to-use tool and supports all major operating systems. Start out by heading over to this website to download the latest version of Ubuntu Linux. Then download the Etcher USB imaging tool. This tutorial will work for that use case too! Making the USB disk Follow this guide, and instead of a second hard drive, maybe go out and buy a fast and speedy SD card for the laptop, and use that as a home folder. This guide is for those types of computers as well. It’s not much, but the laptop has an SD card slot. Maybe you have a cheap laptop that didn’t cost much, and Linux was installed on it. However, there is another reason for users to do a setup like this – low-storage-capacity laptops. Setting up a multi-drive Linux installation is great and something advanced users should get behind.
#INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU HOW TO#
In this article we’ll go over how to install Ubuntu Linux with separate root and home hard drives – with root folder in the SSD and home folder in the spinning disk hard drive. What if I told you that it was possible to have both? A super-fast, modern solid state drive powering the core of your Linux and a large spinning disk drive for all the data. Linux is referering to the kernel and Ubuntu is refering to the distribution they are not interchangable.However, as some Linux users are aware, solid state drives are nice, but expensive, and spinning disk drives have a lot of storage but tend to be slow. *I said Linux a few times as when I meant to say Ubuntu.
#INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU SOFTWARE#
You It actually asks for a password when software is installed that is not already installed, for example when new dependencies are added to a package.
#INSTALL IDRIVE ON UBUNTU UPDATE#
*When I did the update I incorrectly explained why it was asking for a password. *I said LTS versions are released every year when in fact it’s every other year
I made a few mistakes in this video, here are the corrections: This video is for getting started with Linux using Ubuntu 16.10, how to install software packages, and getting connected to servers.Ī few people have noted that I should have recomended the LTS or Long Term Support version of Ubuntu as it does not require as many updates, that really comes down to your personal preferences. More Of Our Affiliates that help us out and can get you discounts! Protect you privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at Try ITProTV free of charge and get 30% off!
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