[xubuntu] Request advice 16.04 install/SSD/HDD: disk mounts as removable

If an inteal disk, you want to mount partition(s) with fstab that you regularly use.
And other partitions, set labels so you know what they are. I try to remember to label all partitions when partitioning, but reformatting or reinstalling a test install overwrites label and I usually use Disks or perhaps command line to label partition.

Post this:
sudo parted -l
sudo blkid -c /dev/null -o list

If you want to read ahead:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1983336
Mount & edit fstab from user Morbius1 in Post # 6 - suggest using templates instead.

With my SSD & hard drive, I use smaller / (root) partitions, so I can have several on SSD, and then have test installs, large data partition, and several other partitions. But I link data partition folders back into /home, so my /home is tiny.

If a newer user often easier to just have /home on HDD. With data partition you have to format partition, create mount point, set ownership & permissions, & edit fstab. Not all that difficult, but can be an issue is not used to using Ubuntu.

If using UEFI be sure to partition HDD with gpt. And often best to have ESP & bios_grub partitions, so drive could be used later as boot drive, even if not plaed now. Difficult to add those partitions when drive has lots of data.

Oldfred's current partitions Dec 2015
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...3#post13404413