[mdlug] Completely replacing Windows XP Pro with Linux!

[rstaff]

I went ahead, used GParted to format the whole 2nd drive for Linux as an 
ext4 partition.
I then copied the /home directory and its contents (i.e., "/ricky") to 
disk #2.
I went through several editing sessions with the /etc/fstab file.
With every reboot, Linux Mint failed to find "/home/ricky".
I gave up.
Now going through a reinstall of Linux Mint 17.
This time, the Linux Mint installer recognized the second drive as sdb1 
and appears to have allowed /home to be applied as a mount point.
Installation still running, will provide update when done.
Thanks,
Rick Staff

On 07/17/2014 11:23 PM, Harry Burleson wrote:
>> During a Linux Mint 17 install, I keep getting an error that says
>> "/home" is outside the allowed space.
>> Huh???
> I have not encountered this error but I suspect the installer is complaining
> because you are trying to install your Linux system across two disk drives.
>
> If you want to use two drives try installing root and home partitions on disk
> #1 . Then after you have a working Linux system create only a file system (use
> GParted) on disk #2. Create a mount directory and mount the file system on disk
> #2 to the mount directory. You will need to edit /etc/fstab . If you want to
> expand the size of /home you can get creative with symbolic links.
>
> As an alternative, after a successful installation on disk #1, you can use a
> live distro: Pmagic, Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc. Then with Gparted move the /home
> partition to disk #2 and edit /etc/fstab .
>
> Harry