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I just received a new laptop (dell 6430s) with a 256GB SSD and naturally |
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want to install gentoo. I have installed gentoo several times but this |
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is my first with an SSD. |
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Dell configures a small first partition and places windows on two other |
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partitions (one small; the other the rest of the disk). |
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I reinstalled windows shrinking the large partition very considerably (I |
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essentially never use the dell partition or windows; but they are |
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convenient to have if you need service from dell). |
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In my current system, I have |
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/root "native partition" |
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/usr lvm2 |
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/local lvm2 |
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/var lvm2 |
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/tmp lvm2 |
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/opt lvm2 |
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/a lvm2 |
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My plan is to have root+usr on one "native partition" (to appease the |
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oracle at udev) and the rest on lvm2 as in my current configuration. |
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Although I will install dracut and perhaps try/use it, I do not want my |
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partitioning scheme to *force* me to use it. I believe combining root |
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and usr (off lvm2) will accomplish this goal. |
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I was not surprised to see that the latest manual has root+usr combined, |
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but was surprised that they specify an additional small /boot partition. |
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I had thought that went out of favor a few years ago. Is it back |
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because of the root+usr merge? Do people here recommend a separate |
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/boot? |
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I know that it is important to have ssd partitions well aligned. It |
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appears that fdisk is doing this automatically (see below). Does the |
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following partitioning seem OK? |
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Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes |
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255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors |
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Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |
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Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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Disk identifier: 0x58737050 |
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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/dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility |
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/dev/sda2 81920 1622015 770048 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT |
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/dev/sda3 1622016 64536575 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT |
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/dev/sda4 64536576 500118191 217790808 5 Extended |
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/dev/sda5 * 64538624 127453183 31457280 83 Linux |
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/dev/sda6 127455232 131649535 2097152 82 Linux swap / Solaris |
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/dev/sda7 131651584 341366783 104857600 8e Linux LVM |
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thanks, |
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allan |
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