Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Felix Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint,aus.computers,alt.os.linux.debian Subject: Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:33:51 +1000 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <107gufs$3lqmd$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 9fE0gZg9w4uqrvGHVsRggAdg9YwNPYLxs7MU//t5mZewj3752L Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ih6iitatcFv/24rgrAJyN2sgKLU= sha256:uWjNsnpAUIQe9ViF9DKmlILvJ0l2nLcUmSjt2vYz5ys= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.21 In-Reply-To: <107gufs$3lqmd$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:45070 aus.computers:72717 alt.os.linux.debian:10656 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:02:43 +1000, Felix wrote: > >> I want to add the C drive* ... >> >> * sorry, I don't know the linux name for the drive with the OS > The root directory of the filesystem is called “/”, commonly pronounced > “root”. > > (Aussies feel free to go fnarr-fnarr.) LOL > >> My question is.. would the Linux installations on the drives somehow >> interfere with or corrupt each other in any way? > Having two bootable drives in the same machine at boot time could indeed > cause confusion. If you connect the other drive via USB after the first > one has already booted, that will be fine. yes, I only connect the USB drive when LM is up and running -- Linux Mint 22.1