#Simple Partition Question

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signal torrent
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if it's just for storage then fat32 is all-encompassing, if your actually gonna run linux from it, then ext4

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yeah i'd say ext4 if you want it as storage for just linux

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you would just tell steam to put games on the drive, it mounts automatically iirc

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one partition?

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uh

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it's gonna be /dev/nvme...

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those dots being a placeholder for the numbers

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okay do /dev/sda then

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then whatever it does

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you just format it as ext4

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which can be done from you DE

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well, home2 isn't a home folder by linux's standards, just whatever is in /home

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just don't

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It can be its own directory

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your home folder is where your user data is stored, you can make a second one, but that's meant for new users

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just like

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idk

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i see what you're trying to do, and you can't do it without some duct tape level shenanigans

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or making it the primary home folder

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which makes no sense

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I know exactly how it works, I just can't put it all into words

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i'd say make the drive your steam games directory later

quaint igloo
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you dont need to mount the second ssd for installing Arch

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i understand your plan

signal torrent
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I was about to say that

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now, you can't for what you're trying to do

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yes

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you can mount it from a desktop environment

quaint igloo
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you just need to format it, and mount it to your system, it could be just like an "folder"

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and you can place any file, games, app into it

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you dont need to work with it during installation

signal torrent
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you can set up the drive later

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most things do

quaint igloo
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yup, or you can use terminal as well

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yah, and its not related to the storage space of your home even when you mount it to /home/

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yup

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thats right

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signal torrent
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quaint igloo