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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] new installation - partitions
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 05:54:48
Message-Id: 20140904043032.GD7483@syscon7
1 I have a new SSD 480GB drive and I'm trying to partition it. It was some time before I went through this so I found this information:
2 http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSD
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4 But they omitted the Boot partition.
5 Device Start End Size Type
6 /dev/sda1 2048 6143 2M BIOS boot partition
7 /dev/sda2 6144 4200447 2G Linux swap
8 /dev/sda3 4200448 117231374 53.9G Linux filesystem
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10 There is Bios Boot 2MB but no Boot partition where kernel is located.
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12 The instruction from official Gentoo web-page is difference from display I'm getting on my screen when I use "fdisk"
13 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=4
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15 I don't have an option of extended partition not can I make Boot partition /dev/sda2 (128MB) bootable by pressing "a" in fdisk.
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18 Joseph

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] new installation - partitions Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] new installation - partitions Christian Kruse <cjk@×××××××.ch>
Re: [gentoo-user] new installation - partitions Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>