Want partitioning scheme for Dual booting Linux alongside Windows 10 in SSD+HDD setup
I am an absolute Linux beginner installing Ubuntu for the first time. Following is the H/W config:
1) 128 GB SSD with Win 10 pre installed (55 GB free)
2) 1 TB HDD (875 GB free)
3) Core i7-7th gen @ 2.8 GHz with 16 GB RAM
Usage:
Ubuntu: For dev purposes. I'll be doing basic machine learning and all other coding stuff here
Windows: Just in case I need it for anything else other than coding. Occasional gaming etc.
However, I want to keep only the OS (Win 10 + Linux) and any other more important software in SSD rest will be in HDD.
Need step by step instructions as to what partitions should be made in SSD and HDD while installing Ubuntu with respective size allotments for optimum performance.
Thanks
--Jay
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I am an absolute Linux beginner installing Ubuntu for the first time. Following is the H/W config:
1) 128 GB SSD with Win 10 pre installed (55 GB free)
2) 1 TB HDD (875 GB free)
3) Core i7-7th gen @ 2.8 GHz with 16 GB RAM
Usage:
Ubuntu: For dev purposes. I'll be doing basic machine learning and all other coding stuff here
Windows: Just in case I need it for anything else other than coding. Occasional gaming etc.
However, I want to keep only the OS (Win 10 + Linux) and any other more important software in SSD rest will be in HDD.
Need step by step instructions as to what partitions should be made in SSD and HDD while installing Ubuntu with respective size allotments for optimum performance.
Thanks
--Jay
dual-boot partitioning hard-drive ssd windows-10
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Older instructions will mention swap partition. Install now does not need one as it uses a swap file. If you have more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway. Do not use a /boot partition either. askubuntu.com/questions/336439/… You can just have /home or a large data partition on HDD with / (root) on SSD. askubuntu.com/questions/461394/how-to-partition-ssdhdd & askubuntu.com/questions/343268/…
– oldfred
8 hours ago
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@oldfred re:"more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway". This is not accurate. You especially need a large swap file if you hibernate. But even if you don't hibernate, a swap is still needed. I have 16G RAM, 8G Swap, vm.swappiness=10, and I still swap.
– heynnema
8 hours ago
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I am an absolute Linux beginner installing Ubuntu for the first time. Following is the H/W config:
1) 128 GB SSD with Win 10 pre installed (55 GB free)
2) 1 TB HDD (875 GB free)
3) Core i7-7th gen @ 2.8 GHz with 16 GB RAM
Usage:
Ubuntu: For dev purposes. I'll be doing basic machine learning and all other coding stuff here
Windows: Just in case I need it for anything else other than coding. Occasional gaming etc.
However, I want to keep only the OS (Win 10 + Linux) and any other more important software in SSD rest will be in HDD.
Need step by step instructions as to what partitions should be made in SSD and HDD while installing Ubuntu with respective size allotments for optimum performance.
Thanks
--Jay
dual-boot partitioning hard-drive ssd windows-10
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I am an absolute Linux beginner installing Ubuntu for the first time. Following is the H/W config:
1) 128 GB SSD with Win 10 pre installed (55 GB free)
2) 1 TB HDD (875 GB free)
3) Core i7-7th gen @ 2.8 GHz with 16 GB RAM
Usage:
Ubuntu: For dev purposes. I'll be doing basic machine learning and all other coding stuff here
Windows: Just in case I need it for anything else other than coding. Occasional gaming etc.
However, I want to keep only the OS (Win 10 + Linux) and any other more important software in SSD rest will be in HDD.
Need step by step instructions as to what partitions should be made in SSD and HDD while installing Ubuntu with respective size allotments for optimum performance.
Thanks
--Jay
dual-boot partitioning hard-drive ssd windows-10
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Older instructions will mention swap partition. Install now does not need one as it uses a swap file. If you have more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway. Do not use a /boot partition either. askubuntu.com/questions/336439/… You can just have /home or a large data partition on HDD with / (root) on SSD. askubuntu.com/questions/461394/how-to-partition-ssdhdd & askubuntu.com/questions/343268/…
– oldfred
8 hours ago
1
@oldfred re:"more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway". This is not accurate. You especially need a large swap file if you hibernate. But even if you don't hibernate, a swap is still needed. I have 16G RAM, 8G Swap, vm.swappiness=10, and I still swap.
– heynnema
8 hours ago
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Older instructions will mention swap partition. Install now does not need one as it uses a swap file. If you have more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway. Do not use a /boot partition either. askubuntu.com/questions/336439/… You can just have /home or a large data partition on HDD with / (root) on SSD. askubuntu.com/questions/461394/how-to-partition-ssdhdd & askubuntu.com/questions/343268/…
– oldfred
8 hours ago
1
@oldfred re:"more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway". This is not accurate. You especially need a large swap file if you hibernate. But even if you don't hibernate, a swap is still needed. I have 16G RAM, 8G Swap, vm.swappiness=10, and I still swap.
– heynnema
8 hours ago
Older instructions will mention swap partition. Install now does not need one as it uses a swap file. If you have more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway. Do not use a /boot partition either. askubuntu.com/questions/336439/… You can just have /home or a large data partition on HDD with / (root) on SSD. askubuntu.com/questions/461394/how-to-partition-ssdhdd & askubuntu.com/questions/343268/…
– oldfred
8 hours ago
Older instructions will mention swap partition. Install now does not need one as it uses a swap file. If you have more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway. Do not use a /boot partition either. askubuntu.com/questions/336439/… You can just have /home or a large data partition on HDD with / (root) on SSD. askubuntu.com/questions/461394/how-to-partition-ssdhdd & askubuntu.com/questions/343268/…
– oldfred
8 hours ago
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1
@oldfred re:"more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway". This is not accurate. You especially need a large swap file if you hibernate. But even if you don't hibernate, a swap is still needed. I have 16G RAM, 8G Swap, vm.swappiness=10, and I still swap.
– heynnema
8 hours ago
@oldfred re:"more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway". This is not accurate. You especially need a large swap file if you hibernate. But even if you don't hibernate, a swap is still needed. I have 16G RAM, 8G Swap, vm.swappiness=10, and I still swap.
– heynnema
8 hours ago
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I am running exactly that way. Since the majority of data "bulk" is going to be located in side your users' home folders I migrated my home folder to the HDD. There are lots of simple instructions out there such as https://www.tecmint.com/move-home-directory-to-new-partition-disk-in-linux/ . but
it requires temporarily booting to a live image on usb. Then you tell sudo nano /etc/fstab where you want your home folders located by UUID (which is a psuedo random unique identifier assigned to each partition).
This allows the kernel and all the binaries to be run from SSD.
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I am running exactly that way. Since the majority of data "bulk" is going to be located in side your users' home folders I migrated my home folder to the HDD. There are lots of simple instructions out there such as https://www.tecmint.com/move-home-directory-to-new-partition-disk-in-linux/ . but
it requires temporarily booting to a live image on usb. Then you tell sudo nano /etc/fstab where you want your home folders located by UUID (which is a psuedo random unique identifier assigned to each partition).
This allows the kernel and all the binaries to be run from SSD.
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I am running exactly that way. Since the majority of data "bulk" is going to be located in side your users' home folders I migrated my home folder to the HDD. There are lots of simple instructions out there such as https://www.tecmint.com/move-home-directory-to-new-partition-disk-in-linux/ . but
it requires temporarily booting to a live image on usb. Then you tell sudo nano /etc/fstab where you want your home folders located by UUID (which is a psuedo random unique identifier assigned to each partition).
This allows the kernel and all the binaries to be run from SSD.
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I am running exactly that way. Since the majority of data "bulk" is going to be located in side your users' home folders I migrated my home folder to the HDD. There are lots of simple instructions out there such as https://www.tecmint.com/move-home-directory-to-new-partition-disk-in-linux/ . but
it requires temporarily booting to a live image on usb. Then you tell sudo nano /etc/fstab where you want your home folders located by UUID (which is a psuedo random unique identifier assigned to each partition).
This allows the kernel and all the binaries to be run from SSD.
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it requires temporarily booting to a live image on usb. Then you tell sudo nano /etc/fstab where you want your home folders located by UUID (which is a psuedo random unique identifier assigned to each partition).
This allows the kernel and all the binaries to be run from SSD.
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Older instructions will mention swap partition. Install now does not need one as it uses a swap file. If you have more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway. Do not use a /boot partition either. askubuntu.com/questions/336439/… You can just have /home or a large data partition on HDD with / (root) on SSD. askubuntu.com/questions/461394/how-to-partition-ssdhdd & askubuntu.com/questions/343268/…
– oldfred
8 hours ago
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@oldfred re:"more than 4GB of RAM, you will not use swap anyway". This is not accurate. You especially need a large swap file if you hibernate. But even if you don't hibernate, a swap is still needed. I have 16G RAM, 8G Swap, vm.swappiness=10, and I still swap.
– heynnema
8 hours ago