diff --git a/docs/guide/install-and-use.md b/docs/guide/install-and-use.md
index 52b8794..4330d39 100644
--- a/docs/guide/install-and-use.md
+++ b/docs/guide/install-and-use.md
@@ -26,7 +26,25 @@ login), installs LibrePortal, and prints the WebUI address + a generated passwor
 
 ### Put data where you want it (separate disks, external drives)
 
-LibrePortal uses **three independent roots**, each can be its own path/disk:
+**The installer just asks.** If it finds a second drive, it offers it for app
+data before installing anything:
+
+```
+Where should app data live?
+
+  1)  This disk (default)      911.9G   808.4G free
+  2)  /mnt/bigdisk             3.6T     3.6T free
+
+  LibrePortal itself stays on this disk either way — only app data moves.
+
+Choose [1]:
+```
+
+It picks a subdirectory on the drive you choose, never the mount point itself,
+and skips the question entirely when there is nothing else to choose, when you
+passed `--containers-dir`, or when running unattended.
+
+The three roots below are still there for scripted installs:
 
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@@ -57,8 +75,22 @@ Notes:
 <backups-dir>/     one folder per backup location
 ```
 
-The locations are chosen at install and fixed afterward (changing them is a
-deliberate reinstall, not a setting — this is part of the security model).
+The three roots are chosen at install and fixed afterward — changing *them* is a
+deliberate reinstall, not a setting, and that is part of the security model.
+
+What is **not** fixed is where each app's data lives. You can register extra
+drives at any time and place apps on them individually:
+
+```bash
+libreportal storage scan             # what else could hold app data
+libreportal storage add /mnt/bigdisk # register it (must be an empty directory)
+libreportal app move nextcloud bigdisk
+```
+
+New apps follow `CFG_STORAGE_DEFAULT` (General → Basic), so one setting sends
+everything to the big disk without touching each app. An app whose drive is not
+mounted refuses to start rather than being rebuilt empty on the bare mount
+point.
 
 ## Update
 
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 0b4b2f7..6c2cea2 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -188,6 +188,96 @@ libreportalDerivePaths() {
 }
 libreportalDerivePaths
 
+# Interactive disk picker for app data.
+#
+# The --containers-dir flag has existed for a while, but someone running the
+# curl|bash installer never learns it exists — so a box with a 4 TB disk sitting
+# next to a small system SSD quietly put everything on the SSD. This asks, once,
+# in the shape an OS installer asks it.
+#
+# Deliberately narrow:
+#   * app data only. The control plane is ~20 MB and never grows; the thing
+#     worth placing is the data. Offering three roots would be three questions
+#     to answer badly.
+#   * skipped entirely when unattended, when --containers-dir was passed, when
+#     there is no TTY, or when there is nothing else to choose. A prompt with
+#     one answer is not a question.
+#   * a SUBDIRECTORY on the chosen disk, never its mount point — that keeps the
+#     "root only ever takes an empty directory" rule intact and leaves anything
+#     already on the disk alone.
+#
+# Self-contained (findmnt only), like the rest of init.sh: scripts/ is not
+# necessarily loadable this early.
+initPickContainersDir()
+{
+    [[ "$init_unattended_mode" == true ]] && return 0
+    [[ -n "${LP_CONTAINERS_DIR_EXPLICIT:-}" ]] && return 0
+    [[ -t 0 && -t 1 ]] || return 0
+    command -v findmnt >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
+
+    local sys_dev; sys_dev=$(stat -c '%d' -- / 2>/dev/null)
+    local -a paths=() labels=()
+    local line kv val target source fstype size avail dev
+
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
+        target=""; source=""; fstype=""; size=""; avail=""
+        for kv in TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE SIZE AVAIL; do
+            val="${line#*${kv}=\"}"
+            [[ "$val" == "$line" ]] && continue
+            val="${val%%\"*}"
+            case "$kv" in
+                TARGET) target="$val" ;; SOURCE) source="$val" ;;
+                FSTYPE) fstype="$val" ;; SIZE) size="$val" ;; AVAIL) avail="$val" ;;
+            esac
+        done
+        [[ -z "$target" ]] && continue
+        case "$target" in
+            /|/boot|/boot/*|/efi|/proc*|/sys*|/dev*|/run*|/snap*|/var/snap/*|/tmp) continue ;;
+        esac
+        case "$fstype" in
+            squashfs|overlay|overlay2|aufs|tmpfs|devtmpfs|ramfs|iso9660|udf|vfat|exfat|ntfs|ntfs3|msdos|fuseblk|"") continue ;;
+        esac
+        dev=$(stat -c '%d' -- "$target" 2>/dev/null)
+        [[ -n "$dev" && "$dev" == "$sys_dev" ]] && continue   # same disk as / — no gain
+        paths+=("$target")
+        labels+=("$(printf '%-24s %-8s %s free' "$target" "${size:-?}" "${avail:-?}")")
+    done < <(findmnt -Pno TARGET,SOURCE,FSTYPE,SIZE,AVAIL 2>/dev/null)
+
+    (( ${#paths[@]} )) || return 0
+
+    local root_size root_avail
+    root_size=$(findmnt -no SIZE  --target / 2>/dev/null | tail -1)
+    root_avail=$(findmnt -no AVAIL --target / 2>/dev/null | tail -1)
+
+    echo ""
+    isHeader "Where should app data live?"
+    echo ""
+    printf '  %s  %-24s %-8s %s free\n' "1)" "This disk (default)" "${root_size:-?}" "${root_avail:-?}"
+    local i
+    for i in "${!paths[@]}"; do
+        printf '  %s  %s\n' "$((i + 2)))" "${labels[$i]}"
+    done
+    echo ""
+    echo "  LibrePortal itself stays on this disk either way — only app data moves."
+    echo ""
+
+    local choice=""
+    isQuestion "Choose [1]:"
+    read -r choice
+    echo ""
+    [[ -z "$choice" || "$choice" == "1" ]] && return 0
+    if ! [[ "$choice" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( choice < 2 || choice > ${#paths[@]} + 1 )); then
+        isNotice "Not a listed option — using this disk."
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    local chosen="${paths[$((choice - 2))]}"
+    LP_CONTAINERS_DIR="${chosen%/}/libreportal-containers"
+    isSuccessful "App data will live in $LP_CONTAINERS_DIR"
+    return 0
+}
+
 # Validate the chosen roots before anything is created/baked. Called from the
 # install flow only (NOT at source time — the CLI sources init.sh too). Aborts on
 # an unsafe choice; the root helpers also re-check at runtime (defence in depth).
@@ -276,7 +366,7 @@ for ((i=1; i<=$#; i++)); do
         # by libreportalValidatePaths before any folder is created. Can also be set
         # via the LP_*_DIR environment.
         --system-dir=*)     LP_SYSTEM_DIR="${!i#*=}";     ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
-        --containers-dir=*) LP_CONTAINERS_DIR="${!i#*=}"; ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
+        --containers-dir=*) LP_CONTAINERS_DIR="${!i#*=}"; LP_CONTAINERS_DIR_EXPLICIT=1; ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
         --backups-dir=*)    LP_BACKUPS_DIR="${!i#*=}";    ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
         --manager-user=*)   LP_MANAGER_USER="${!i#*=}";   ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
         --allow-home)       init_allow_home=true;         ((init_shift_count++)) ;;
@@ -1910,6 +2000,12 @@ if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
 	exit 1
 else
 	if [[ "$param1" == "init" ]]; then
+		# Ask where app data goes before anything is validated or created.
+		# No-op when unattended, when --containers-dir was passed, or when
+		# there is only one possible answer.
+		initPickContainersDir
+		libreportalDerivePaths
+
 		# Validate the chosen install roots before creating/baking anything.
 		libreportalValidatePaths