64GB is more than enough for a root filesystem, a default installation will probably occupy about 3GB. When installing Ubuntu, choose for a custom partitioning scheme:
- Put a partition on your SSD with mount point
/
- On your 1 TB data disk, create a partition with
/home
Variations are possible. You can store all your settings and documents on the SSD and store large files like music and video on the 1TB disk:
- Install Ubuntu to
/
- Create some partitions on your 1 TB disk, and mount those on
/media/DESIRED-PARTITION-NAME
.
Some folders in your home folder may become too large for the SSD, like ~/.wine
. In that case, create a partition (or folder) on your 1 TB disk named "DATA" (with /media/DATA
as mount point). Then, move the ~/.wine
folder to the data partition:
mv ~/.wine /media/DATA/wine
If you've just installed the system and the folder did not exist yet, just create the empty folder:
mkdir /media/DATA/wine
Next, create a symbolic link from your home directory to the wine folder on the big disk:
ln -s /media/DATA/wine ~/.wine
The latter can also be performed after installation of Ubuntu to the SSD. Use GParted to create partitions on the 1 TB disk.
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