How do I install Lion on both SSD and HDD in my new iMac 27"

When I try to install Lion on my new iMac 27", it offers to install it on either my 256 SSD or on my 1TB HDD. I haven't gone ahead with the installation, in case it can't be installed on the bigger disc (i.e., the 1TB HDD). I'd be very grateful for any advice.

Are you saying that you copied your system or installer from your laptop onto a thumb drive?
Please be specific: you really can't copy the recovery partition by itself because it's hidden - you can use Apple's recovery assistant to create a bootable startup on a thumb drive with which you can boot your system and then download/install. But, I believe that method requires the same machine ID to work.
IF you have the full installer, you need to boot up from another drive (the installer may not be bootable) and then direct it to another Mac.
So where do you want to install it? And exactly what is it that you have on that thumb drive?
If you just want to install Lion on another Mac, you can simply download a fresh copy from MAS.

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I suppose you could do this by just installing Mountain Lion onto your SSD, and then move your applications folder and documents to the HDD.
But I would be wary of doing this because:
It seems like it would defeat the purpose of having a SSD, that is to make your computer fast. The computer would have to switch back and forth between the SSD and the HDD. Sounds like that would unnecessarily complicate things.
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www.apple.com/support/bootcamp is where I usually send people to seek out the pdf and do some readiing and backups. you will need backup no matter what.
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Etrecheck report if it helps:
Problem description:
Running super slow randomly with a newly installed SSD and HDD. Home Folder is on the HDD.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.7 (93)
Report generated October 29, 2014 at 4:58:33 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1680 x 1050
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 3:3:27
Disk Information: ℹ️
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series disk0 : (512.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
QuickSilver (disk2) / [Startup]: 510.88 GB (236.99 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 511.25 GB Online
WDC WD7500BPKX-22HPJT0 disk1 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Hulk (disk1s2) /Volumes/Hulk : 749.81 GB (685.87 GB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
User Login Items: ℹ️
Alfred 2 Application (/Applications/Alfred 2.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
None
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
QuickSilver: Disk size: 510.88 GB Disk used: 273.89 GB
Destinations:
Herbert [Local]
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 273.89 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      48% WindowServer
      11% Safari
      3% hidd
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
249 MB Safari
241 MB installd
163 MB Finder
155 MB mds_stores
155 MB DesktopServicesHelper
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1.52 GB Free RAM
3.89 GB Active RAM
1.82 GB Inactive RAM
1.34 GB Wired RAM
3.25 GB Page-ins
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