XUbuntu 16.04 with read only filesystem for use with SSD disk --------------------------------------------------------------- * Example: /dev/sda: HDD disk /dev/sdc: SDD disk /dev/sdc1: / /dev/sda2: /home /tmp /var/tmp /dev/sda3: swap * Install XUbuntu 16.04 in /dev/sdc1. * mkdir /media/sda2 * mount /dev/sdc1 /media/sda2 * mkdir /media/sda2/tmp * chmod 1777 /media/sda2/tmp * mkdir /media/sda2/username * rsync -av /home/username/ /media/sda2/username/ * chmod 0700 /media/sda2/username * chown -R username.username /media/sda2/username * blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="D4EA43ACEA438A26" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda2: UUID="c1a48592-1d54-4b61-822b-e02ce0c8094d" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda3: UUID="7af9d5db-eac4-49f1-aafd-3cb82f08c9df" TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: UUID="f1b32eb2-4f4f-4167-9817-7814c9dae9b5" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdb2: UUID="2A0F03B406002566" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdc1: UUID="9d0a8f06-d686-4a6d-97d5-2320598335fb" TYPE="ext4" * /etc/fstab UUID=9d0a8f06-d686-4a6d-97d5-2320598335fb / ext4 ro,noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 UUID=c1a48592-1d54-4b61-822b-e02ce0c8094d /media/sda2 ext4 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 UUID=7af9d5db-eac4-49f1-aafd-3cb82f08c9df none swap sw 0 0 tmpfs /var/lib/lightdm tmpfs nosuid,nodev,mode=0750,rw,size=32M,uid=lightdm,gid=lightdm 0 0 tmpfs /var/log tmpfs nosuid,nodev,mode=0755,rw,size=32M 0 0 /media/sda2/home /home none bind 0 0 /media/sda2/tmp /tmp none bind 0 0 /media/sda2/tmp /var/tmp none bind 0 0 /var/log /var/spool none bind 0 0 /var/log /var/lib/blueman none bind 0 0 * /usr/local/bin/remountrw mount -o remount,rw / * /usr/local/bin/remountro sync sleep 1 mount -o remount,ro / * Issues: * The guest session not work: /etc/password and /etc/shadow are read only.