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I've been thinking about going over Nobara Linux as it's optimal for gaming
but my question is because I'm running with 2 m.2 hdd and want to run them 2 separate as you do on windows
1 for OS and others for gaming
how do I do to be able to have 2 separate disks than to make one big disk
 


how do I do to be able to have 2 separate disks than to make one big disk
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\\\if I am reading you correctly, you have 2 NVMe drives, one probably has Windows OS and the second probably has your files and folders stored on it.
Provided they are big enough, you could move the contents of drive 2 to drive 1, then install Linux as a dual boot to drive 2
 
my plan is go full over to linux and my drives have not same speed one have 3200mb/sec other 7000mb/sec and i still wanna use my 500gb witg 3200mb as a OS disc and my 1tb 7000 for only games
 
Still trying to get a grip on what you are saying, so from your last post, is your windows' installation on the slower SSD and only games on the faster NVMe ?
If so, you just install your Linux distribution as a dual boot to the slower SSD, not all but most distributions will give you the option to use whole disc or install alongside windows, when installing, just select alongside
 
sorry for that my english is not the best but im trying my best so u can understand

i'm not dual booting and i know from before for few years ago it's was needed to merge all drives to 1 if you had more then 1 drive and now i wanna have 1 drive for linux OS (nobara) and my other for the game if you understand that
i don't wanna dualboot or merge the drives i just wanna have 1 for only the OS and my other for games and other things
 
sorry for that my english is not the best but im trying my best
you're doing OK, we will get there, [what is your language]
 
swedish
becurse i don't use english so often so been lost in words lol reading i have no problem but writing is more problem with don't ask me why becurse i don't know haha
 
sorry for that my english is not the best but im trying my best so u can understand
There are more people here who's first language isn't English, no worries.

i'm not dual booting and i know from before for few years ago it's was needed to merge all drives to 1 if you had more then 1 drive and now i wanna have 1 drive for linux OS (nobara) and my other for the game if you understand that
I'm running with 2 m.2 hdd and want to run them 2 separate as you do on windows
1 for OS and others for gaming
how do I do to be able to have 2 separate disks than to make one big disk
You can do that on Linux too if you want, just select one drive you want to install your os on and then once the os installed you can format the your second drive to for data, that is if you let the system do an automatic partitioning for you. Then you can mount the second drive on a second location, ie: /mnt/Games. Or you can choose to do a manual disk partitioning during installation and then use the first drive for system partitions and then select your second drive for /home partition where you then can store your drivers and personal data.

If you want to combine them you can either use an lvm setup during installation or you can use btrfs, being you are using Nobara I would do the latter. I haven't use the Nobara installer so I wouldn't know off the top how to do that. However since you are new to Linux I would just keep them separate for in case you needed to reinstall, that way you won't have to wipe all your games again if you want to to reinstall your system. That being said going back to what I said first. I would do the following if I were you.
1. Do an automatic partitioning during installation during the install process and select your first disk.
2. After the installation, you can format and mount your second disk to a location for your gaming library, ie: under /mnt/Games.

In case you mess up your system, you will only have to wipe the first disk and if you have any personal files on /home which is then on your first disk, you can then just copy them to your second disk in a separate directory. Then you reinstall, mount your second disk again and copy your files from the second disk back to /home. But do whatever is better for you and what you want yourself. Just giving you several options here.
 
I've been thinking about going over Nobara Linux as it's optimal for gaming
but my question is because I'm running with 2 m.2 hdd and want to run them 2 separate as you do on windows
1 for OS and others for gaming
how do I do to be able to have 2 separate disks than to make one big disk
If you have 2 nvme drives just partitioning them and formatting them will give you 2 separate drives. The system drive will always be mounted. The second nvme drive needs to be set to be mounted at startup.
 
There are more people here who's first language isn't English, no worries.



You can do that on Linux too if you want, just select one drive you want to install your os on and then once the os installed you can format the your second drive to for data, that is if you let the system do an automatic partitioning for you. Then you can mount the second drive on a second location, ie: /mnt/Games. Or you can choose to do a manual disk partitioning during installation and then use the first drive for system partitions and then select your second drive for /home partition where you then can store your drivers and personal data.

If you want to combine them you can either use an lvm setup during installation or you can use btrfs, being you are using Nobara I would do the latter. I haven't use the Nobara installer so I wouldn't know off the top how to do that. However since you are new to Linux I would just keep them separate for in case you needed to reinstall, that way you won't have to wipe all your games again if you want to to reinstall your system. That being said going back to what I said first. I would do the following if I were you.
1. Do an automatic partitioning during installation during the install process and select your first disk.
2. After the installation, you can format and mount your second disk to a location for your gaming library, ie: under /mnt/Games.

In case you mess up your system, you will only have to wipe the first disk and if you have any personal files on /home which is then on your first disk, you can then just copy them to your second disk in a separate directory. Then you reinstall, mount your second disk again and copy your files from the second disk back to /home. But do whatever is better for you and what you want yourself. Just giving you several options here.
not that new to linux it's few years ago i did use it but most for school work but now when linux getting better and better for gaming so i feel it's time to change OS and most of the games i do play are 100% working on linux but now i know what to do so thx for help :)
 
If you have 2 nvme drives just partitioning them and formatting them will give you 2 separate drives. The system drive will always be mounted. The second nvme drive needs to be set to be mounted at startup.
will try thx :)
 
By the way -- I use GParted for partition management.
 


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