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On 09/04/14 08:25, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 22:30:32 -0600, Joseph wrote: |
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>> I have a new SSD 480GB drive and I'm trying to partition it. It was |
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>> some time before I went through this so I found this information: |
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>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSD |
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>> But they omitted the Boot partition. |
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>> Device Start End Size Type |
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>> /dev/sda1 2048 6143 2M BIOS boot partition |
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>> /dev/sda2 6144 4200447 2G Linux swap |
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>> /dev/sda3 4200448 117231374 53.9G Linux filesystem |
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>> There is Bios Boot 2MB but no Boot partition where kernel is located. |
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>The BIOS boot partition is there to enable a non-EFI system to boot from |
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>a GPT partitioned disk, it is not the same as /boot. If you want a |
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>separate /boot, it is not a requirement, you need to create is as a |
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>separate partition, like this |
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>% sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda |
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>Disk /dev/sda: 2.7 TiB, 3000592982016 bytes, 5860533168 sectors |
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>Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |
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>Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes |
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>I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes |
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>Disklabel type: gpt |
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>Disk identifier: 04EFD165-FDDF-4C24-BA81-868B97BF9949 |
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>Device Start End Size Type |
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>/dev/sda1 2048 4095 1M BIOS boot partition |
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>/dev/sda2 4096 2101247 1G Linux filesystem |
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>/dev/sda3 2101248 35655679 16G Linux swap |
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>/dev/sda4 35655680 5860533134 2.7T Linux filesystem |
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>Here sda1 is the BIOS boot and sda2 is /boot. |
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>> The instruction from official Gentoo web-page is difference from |
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>> display I'm getting on my screen when I use "fdisk" |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=4 |
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>If you are using GPT partitons, and you should, gdisk is the tool to use |
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>(emerge sys-apps/gptfdisk). |
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>> I don't have an option of extended partition not can I make Boot |
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>> partition /dev/sda2 (128MB) bootable by pressing "a" in fdisk. |
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>GPT is not hindered by any of that legacy "4 partitions is enough for |
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>anyone so lets kludge in some more" crap, you just create partitions. |
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Does GPT needs so much room for boot partition 1G? My current system boot partition is 30Mb Gentoo handbook recommend 128Mb |
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So the boot partition (/dev/sda2) will be ext2. What type of will be /dev/sda1 ? ext2 as well. |
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Joseph |
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