--- On Thu, 1/3/13, Patrick Bartek <bartek...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Patrick Bartek <bartek...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Wheezy Installer Auto-Partition Oddity > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 12:15 PM > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Go Linux <goli...@yahoo.com> > > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" > <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Cc: > > Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 5:42 PM > > Subject: Re: Wheezy Installer Auto-Partition Oddity > > > > --- On Wed, 1/2/13, Patrick Bartek <bartek...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> > >> As I said in my original query, this > partitioning was done > >> automatically by the Wheezy installer. I > would have never > >> partitioned that way myself. Besides this > is just a test > >> install to root out any problems for when I > do the real one > >> on a real hard drive. > >> > >> > > > > FWIW, the wheezy installer created the same > partitioning scheme on a hard drive > > install the first time I gave wheezy a run. I found > that rather odd and a good > > reason to manually partition the drive prior to > installing wheezy in the > > future. I usually do that but was being a bit lazy > this one time. ;) > > > Thanks. Now, I know it's not just my install or a quirk in > VirtualBox. It's the installer. > > Since my original post, I've been reading up on GPT. Based > on that, plus what others have posted here, it seems the > cause of the gaps is a combination of aligning partitions > based 4096 byte sectors, regardless of whether they are that > size, and LVM needing unpartitioned space between partitions > for metadata whether you're using LVM or not. Mostly, the > latter, I think. > > Like you, for the real install, I'll just manually > partition. Gap, LVM and GPT "problems" solved. > > B > >
Just for the record . . . that install was to an old WD 80gb drive that was around long before the new sector changes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1357250263.87100.yahoomailclas...@web163402.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
