Need help to install F12/Amahi5.1 on multi-HDD system

[orbit77]

Hi all - I love Amahi and have been using f10 for several months now. I would like to transition to f12 to use Amahi 5.1. I have three HDDs:

1 - SDA has the system files and a small partition mounted as /var/hda/files/torrents (xfs filesystem)
2 - SDB has swap and the remainder is used mounted as /var/hda/files/backup (ext3 filesystem)
3 - SDC is my media disk mounted at /var/hda/files (xfs filesystem)

My question is, can I unmount the above partitions, do a f12 and amahi install, then remount the above partitions into my new setup? I don't really care about the current data on partition 1 or 2, but SDC is a 1.5T disk that I need to keep safe.

I need help on how to set up a system and then later add these existing partitions.

I can't be the only one in this situation, but I can't find any instructions on how to do this.

Grateful for any suggestions or points in the right direction if this is answered elsewhere.

Thanks,
George

[moredruid]

Of course this is possible.
Install on your first/second disk, and don't touch the third disk during setup.
then mount /var/hda/files later on like this:
mount /dev/sdc1 /var/hda/files
and add the following line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/sdc1 /var/hda/files xfs defaults 1 2

[orbit77]

moredruid, thanks for the quick reply. One last clarification question:

During the install and setup, won't amahi create a /var/hda/files directory on the primary system drive (sda)? Do I need to do anything else before I mount my 3rd drive (sdc) to this directory as you describe?

I'll be doing the reinstall this weekend and post back my progress once it's completed.

Thanks.

[moredruid]

Yes, that directory (+ default subdirectories) will be created.
Any custom shares you have will need to be defined again before mounting the disk (so the samba config will have them).
When you have the custom shares defined you can just mount the disk as noted above.