Questions regarding dual boot setup of EndeavourOS and Windows 11

General system Newbie
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Post the output again so we can see the new partition information.

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NAME        TYPE FSTYPE   SIZE MOUNTPOINT UUID
sda         disk        931.5G
├─sda1      part ntfs   217.6G            86BC504EBC503ABF
├─sda2      part ntfs     256G            6C8ADD1A8ADCE21E
├─sda3      part ntfs   256.9G            F8F4E4C2F4E483EA
├─sda4      part ntfs     101G            840014E90014E3C8
└─sda5      part ext4     100G            1ce02630-044f-43e8-b23f-81d523a10e36
nvme0n1     disk        238.5G
├─nvme0n1p1 part vfat     100M /boot/efi  7484-F5C2
├─nvme0n1p2 part           16M
├─nvme0n1p3 part ntfs   179.4G            2CFA8642FA8607F2
├─nvme0n1p4 part ntfs     742M            4A5ACDF15ACDD9B9
└─nvme0n1p5 part ext4    58.2G /          662df64b-548a-4baa-a4f0-dbc024ea236a

sda5 is the one i want for my extended storage

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First, mount the partition:

  • sudo mkdir /data
  • Edit /etc/fstab and add this line UUID= 1ce02630-044f-43e8-b23f-81d523a10e36 /data ext4 defaults 0 2`
  • sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  • sudo mount /data

If you get an error when you run the mount command, something is wrong. Stop.

Next set the permssions:

  • sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /data

Now create all the directories you want. These are just examples, add as many as you need/want:

  • mkdir /data/Downloads
  • mkdir /data/Documents
  • mkdir /data/Videos

After making sure they are empty remove the target locations(You can rename them if you prefer):

  • rmdir ~/Downloads
  • rmdir ~/Documents
  • rmdir ~/Videos

Now link the new directories into the proper locations:

  • ln -s /data/Downloads ~/.
  • ln -s /data/Documents ~/.
  • ln -s /data/Videos ~/.

That should be it. Now your data is on your HDD but it shows under /home in the right places.

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It’s done! Thank you so much!

lsblk prints the following output

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda           8:0    0 931.5G  0 disk
├─sda1        8:1    0 217.6G  0 part
├─sda2        8:2    0   256G  0 part
├─sda3        8:3    0 256.9G  0 part
├─sda4        8:4    0   101G  0 part
└─sda5        8:5    0   100G  0 part /data
nvme0n1     259:0    0 238.5G  0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0   100M  0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0    16M  0 part
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3    0 179.4G  0 part
├─nvme0n1p4 259:4    0   742M  0 part
└─nvme0n1p5 259:5    0  58.2G  0 part /

and the directories are being shown under /home in the right places.

Thank you so much once again!

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So Glad you got it going. Please make sure to mark @dalto post as the solution so others that have similar problems can find it more easily.

Welcome to :enos:

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