The Ubuntu custom installation tool will format them to create a new file system. PreparationД«efore installing Ubuntu, get your drives ready for the installation process.В Be sure that all of the data on these two hard drives is backed up, as everything on them will have to be deleted. Note: as SSDs are faster, weвЂ™ll use this as /dev/sda. Any two hard drives will work with this process, as will a hard drive and a solid state drive. вЂњSplitting upвЂќ an installation is the preferred method. As a result, many Linux users find ways to вЂњexpand storageвЂќ on their machines. It just so happens that SSDs are usually expensive the larger they get. Understand that this method doesnвЂ™t require an SSD. That said, the basic concept is easily repeatable on many types of Linux distributions (both complex and beginner ones). In this tutorial, weвЂ™ll focus on Ubuntu, as the installation tool is the most straight forward, and easiest to understand when it comes to splitting up an installation. With this method, itвЂ™s possible to split half of the Linux installation onto the SSD, and the other onto the RPM one. ThatвЂ™s when you realize that youвЂ™ve also got a large second hard drive. You want to benefit from the break-neck speeds of an SSD, but you realize itвЂ™s small. One of the main reasons users split Ubuntu is to compensate for the small sizes of solid state drives, For example: when you have an SSD and a large 1TB 7200 RPM drive.

The idea often comes up from those that are looking to spread out one Linux installation onto different hard drives, for many reasons.

The idea of splitting your Ubuntu installation between two hard drives is a concept that isnвЂ™t new.

Using both ssd and hdd