Ah Ha. Yes, this clears up one of my previous posts asking whether you need separate partitions for each distro or you just stuff them onto a ssd. This basic fact is good to know. I have checked out GParted on my boot disk and just for fun I partitioned my external and separate SSD that contains Minty and is connected to the Windows laptop. Actually not just for fun. I wanted a separate partition to park my Timeshift outputs. This will change once I ditch Windows, replace my old SSD that has Windows on it with a new SSD and install Minty onto the new SSD. I will keep the old SSD with Windows in my bottom drawer just incase there is a Linux zombie appocalipse and I need to go back (shudder) to Windows.Yes. You will need to set a couple of "flags" against the fat32 partition, to have it show as boot, esp
My SSD setup shown has my cursor pointing to it
Yours would only have one additional partition to start with, either /dev/sdX1 or /dev/sdX2 , where X is determined by he drive you have placed it on.
My picture is from GParted, the GNOME Partition Editor, which you would either have to install first, or it is on the USB stick or other medium you used to install Linux Mint.
Or you can use the GNOME Disks facility, aka Disks, already installed on your Mintie, and available through your Start Menu.
I did the same when I replaced the mechanical distributor contact points in my old Holden when new fangled electronic pickups that I didn't trust replaced the mechanical points. I carefully wrapped a new set of mechanical points in clean rags and they sat in the boot of my car for the next 10 years quietly rusting away. The damn electronic pickups worked flawlessly and have never needed replacing. Just saying...