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Asked: 2019-11-25 13:05:27 +0800 CST

Mount point for data partition during installation

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I have created a /home home partition for files that change frequently (programming files, built libraries, etc.). And I would like to create another data partition to store files that rarely change or move (such as a very large dataset), so that these files won't scatter around or cause fragmentation in a /home partition.

How do I choose the mount point properly for the data partition during Ubuntu 16.04 installation? And after I coose the mount point, how do I access it from the Ubuntu terminal.

Note

In the figure below

  • /dev/sda5 is mounted at /home with ext4 file type
  • The drop list currently showing is for /dev/sda6

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system-installation partitioning gparted

1 Answers

  1. It appears not to be possible to define a custom mount point within the installer. It is designed only to assign system partitions. Thus, just create the partition that you will use for Data, but do not specify a mount point.

    Once the system is installed, you can use the utility "Disks" to have your data partition formatted and mounted automatically to a folder of your choice.

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