two installed linux os but share hdd on second disk

[konkelberry]

Hello i'am sorry if this have been asked before but i could not find anything regarding the issue i'am unsure off, and my Googleing might be weak.

I have gotten the ide of switching to Linux "midlife crisis?" and i have tried several distros on my laptop and found i preferred fedora but i also really liked tinkering with arch. Obviously i cannot have arch as my main OS because i'am starting from more or less, zero took me a weekend to just start figuring out the terminal and Linux file system.

my query is, i have two SSD disk 1TB each, so i figured out i'am just to install them separately on each disk, but i'am never going to need 1TB of disk space for arch because again i just want to have that to thinker around with and try learn more by doing. If i do this can you just partition the disk with the arch installation and have access to the rest of the space in Fedora?

Might be a dumb question but i cant find info about it, and i have not touched my normal computer yet because i want to be somewhat sure how to sort it al out before start. quite nervous of letting go of Windows.

 

[dos2unix]

Thread 'How to mount disks in Linux'

Jan 6, 2026

How to Mount Disks in Linux
Mounting disks in Linux can be done in several ways: by device path, by UUID, and by LABEL. Below are examples for each method, including fstab entries for persistence.
Step 1: Identify Your Disk

List all disks and partitions
fdisk -l
Or use lsblk for a cleaner view
lsblk
To get UUID or LABEL for a specific device
blkid /dev/sda2

Method 1: Mount by Device Path

sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/data

fstab example:

/dev/sda2    /mnt/data    ext4    defaults    0 0

Method 2: Mount by UUID - The recommended method.
Find UUID:

blkid /dev/sda2

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• dos2unix
• Replies: 3
• Forum: Command Line

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[Smilax]

I want to offer advice here, but if you're fooling around with Arch (and liking it) you're already beyond me.

I started out on SuSE, Redhat, and Fedora before discovering Debian and Ubuntu. I've been using Mint exclusively over 10 years now, specifically Xfce, and it's what I also use for clients who want a Windows alternative. There are multiple reasons, but #1 for me is stability on older equipment, and #2 is ease of support. My recommendation would be to start with Mint 22.3 on a clean install and become comfortable with that. Then add VirtualBox and play with additional OSes there.

 

[konkelberry]

Thread 'How to mount disks in Linux'

Jan 6, 2026

How to Mount Disks in Linux
Mounting disks in Linux can be done in several ways: by device path, by UUID, and by LABEL. Below are examples for each method, including fstab entries for persistence.
Step 1: Identify Your Disk

List all disks and partitions
fdisk -l
Or use lsblk for a cleaner view
lsblk
To get UUID or LABEL for a specific device
blkid /dev/sda2

Method 1: Mount by Device Path

sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/data

fstab example:

/dev/sda2    /mnt/data    ext4    defaults    0 0

Method 2: Mount by UUID - The recommended method.
Find UUID:

blkid /dev/sda2

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• dos2unix
• Replies: 3
• Forum: Command Line

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Thank you i will look trough this and understand it and see if it solves my toughts

 

[konkelberry]

I want to offer advice here, but if you're fooling around with Arch (and liking it) you're already beyond me.

I started out on SuSE, Redhat, and Fedora before discovering Debian and Ubuntu. I've been using Mint exclusively over 10 years now, specifically Xfce, and it's what I also use for clients who want a Windows alternative. There are multiple reasons, but #1 for me is stability on older equipment, and #2 is ease of support. My recommendation would be to start with Mint 22.3 on a clean install and become comfortable with that. Then add VirtualBox and play with additional OSes there.

I doubt i just read a lot on the arch wiki I had to reinstall 2 times because i created mistakes i did not understand how to solve on my own.

I tried mint for 2 weeks but it was a wee bit to much win95 ffor me "sad to say but im a true normie user do i will go for looks over functionality to an extent, also i could not figure out how to get the latest version of Neovim to work in Mint where it worked out of the box in Fedora.

Thank you for you're input anyway. back to reading headbutting keyboard!