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On 4 September 2014 15:54:17 CEST, Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>On 09/04/14 14:29, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>>On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 07:05:28 -0600, Joseph wrote: |
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>> |
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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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>>> > |
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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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>>> > |
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>>> >Here sda1 is the BIOS boot and sda2 is /boot. |
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>>> > |
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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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>>> >> |
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>http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=4 |
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>>> > |
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>>> >If you are using GPT partitons, and you should, gdisk is the tool |
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>to |
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>>> >use (emerge sys-apps/gptfdisk). |
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>>> > |
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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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>>> > |
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>>> >GPT is not hindered by any of that legacy "4 partitions is enough |
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>for |
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>>> >anyone so lets kludge in some more" crap, you just create |
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>partitions. |
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>>> |
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>>> Does GPT needs so much room for boot partition 1G? My current system |
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>>> boot partition is 30Mb Gentoo handbook recommend 128Mb |
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>>My BIOS boot partition is 1MB not 1GB. My /boot partition is 1GB to |
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>allow |
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>>room for a couple of System Rescue CD ISO images. |
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>>> So the boot partition (/dev/sda2) will be ext2. What type of will |
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>>> be /dev/sda1 ? ext2 as well. |
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>>No, it's type is "BIOS boot partition", it's a completely different |
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>type |
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>>of partition and not used by your Linux installation at all, it's |
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>purely |
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>>there for the BIOS. |
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>Thank you for explanation. |
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>Is your /home on "root" partition? I've notice that handbook does not |
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>designate separate partition for "home" anymore. |
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The handbook only provides an example which should work. |
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There is no reason to blindly follow it if you have other ideas on how to partition your disks. |
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Joost |
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