got a new PC, 64bit, good bye to dead old pc, can linux lite run in this new PC

[Jerry]

You can't mark an On Topic thread as Solved. It's not a Support thread.

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[kissbaby3]

the marked resolved choice is missing, i and marking this topic as "resolved" .

[kissbaby3]

If the USB booted live system can see both drives I expect that there won't be a problem - the inxi tool is one means of checking what drives (inxi -D) and other devices are visible and this should be available on the live system.  You would have to take the "something else" option at the disk partitioning step of the install to allow adding partitions on the second drive as file system mounts - if you remove any existing partitions on the second drive and convert it all to an ext4 partition you'd then specify a mount point for it.

My usual practice is to use something like /data (or /data1../datan for multiple "extra" partitions) and then create directories in these partitions for any users that need the space; the user then has a symbolic link "data" (or whatever name you prefer) in their home directory to their directory on the extra partition. Another approach sometimes used is to mount the extra partition as /home so all users home directories are there by default, leaving the SSD entirely for system purposes, though this can be more difficult to deal with if the second drive fails (your user won't have their home directory available).  If you're prepared to play around with installing in VirtualBox (in Win10 if you wish) first you can easily simulate a 2 drive system and figure out the installation process before trying it on the hardware.

when i am ready to play in just live mode, i will look into it , had i known this new desktop PC had two different hard drive types , i would of never purchased it , ha ha,  nothing wrong i guess in having 2 different operating systems, the only thing that really pissed me off about windows 10 is the huge windows updates, i like this new PC, fast and quiet, so i will wait till the other PC dies, ha ha , and be more wise when i replace that one. so for now , i have one fantastic Linux lite and one ok windows 10, ha ha . so i will try and mark this topic as resolved.

i want to thank you and every one for the useful info and replies.....

[WytWun]

If the USB booted live system can see both drives I expect that there won't be a problem - the inxi tool is one means of checking what drives (inxi -D) and other devices are visible and this should be available on the live system.  You would have to take the "something else" option at the disk partitioning step of the install to allow adding partitions on the second drive as file system mounts - if you remove any existing partitions on the second drive and convert it all to an ext4 partition you'd then specify a mount point for it.

My usual practice is to use something like /data (or /data1../datan for multiple "extra" partitions) and then create directories in these partitions for any users that need the space; the user then has a symbolic link "data" (or whatever name you prefer) in their home directory to their directory on the extra partition. Another approach sometimes used is to mount the extra partition as /home so all users home directories are there by default, leaving the SSD entirely for system purposes, though this can be more difficult to deal with if the second drive fails (your user won't have their home directory available).  If you're prepared to play around with installing in VirtualBox (in Win10 if you wish) first you can easily simulate a 2 drive system and figure out the installation process before trying it on the hardware.

[kissbaby3]

If you can boot the live system from a USB drive flashed with the 5.0 (or coming 5.2) ISO you are highly likely to be able to successfully install.

You may want to disable secure boot early anyway (from within Win10).

ok, here is the thing tho, i have 2 different internal hard drives, one is a SSD(solid state drive) and the other is a HDD(regular hard drive) , if i test it out first in "Live" mode, and that looks good, and install it on the internal SSD drive(that is where windows is installed only) , will it after install, see that i have a hard drive (HDD) ?.
because if i install linux on the new machine, its going to be a all linux or nothing machine.

[WytWun]

If you can boot the live system from a USB drive flashed with the 5.0 (or coming 5.2) ISO you are highly likely to be able to successfully install.

You may want to disable secure boot early anyway (from within Win10).

[kissbaby3]

one of the two  PC's bit the dust, got a new desktop PC 64bit, so right now , one linux PC and one windows 10 home in the house.
the new PC has a internal solid state drive and a 1 terabyte hard drive, windows 10 is installed on the SSD.

my question is can it be installed and run on this new computer "Lenovo IdeaCentre 510A Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 3400G" ?.

i am not going to install it at this time on the new PC, i'm going to wait till after the warranty period is over.
so i am just wondering is all, can it run on it and how should i install it ?, because of the internal SSD drive.

here is the link to the desktop PC i purchased.
https://www.costco.com/lenovo-ideacentre-510a-desktop---amd-ryzen-5-3400g.product.100579361.html
Item  1430662 , Model  90J000BBUS
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so what are your thoughts ?, for me it is running smoothly so far.