Not choosing them, I’ve done that. I just want to make sure that I install them right and am not missing anything. What I’m doing is installing a second ssd on my desktop, and then I want to install a new distro (opensuse) on it, to use instead of my current one.
What I have now is 1 ssd, with partitions for linux (kubuntu), windows (10), and swap, and an hdd with my home dir on it. What I want is to install opensuse on my new ssd, have a second partition on there for games, keep my hdd home dir, and then be able to use the first ssd for more space, probably games too (and finally ditch windows!).
Things I’m not sure about include:
- can I keep my current home and use it with the new distro?
- What do I do with the second partition on the new ssd I want for games? I.e. How do I configure it, the same as home, just call it something different? Same goes for the new space on the first ssd obviously.
- Is there anything special I need to do to install an ssd since I haven’t done that before? Is it basically the same as installing a hdd?
- New ssd (Firecuda 530 1TB) has encryption; how will that work? Is it all automatic, or do I need to do anything special with it?
TIA
Okay so it probably is a self encrypting drive.
You can do everything I mentioned without disconnecting and reconnecting, you just want to be really sure you don’t wipe the wrong drive.
You can probably reuse an existing /home partition. But if you don’t have any files you want to keep, why bother?
I said no files I want to move, not keep. I would be keeping them right where they are, on the hdd.