* On 2014 26 Nov 00:01 -0600, Rusi Mody wrote: > Trying to setup linux on lenovo laptop. > I find that its gpt as expected and there are some 5 partitions > (as shown by compmgmt in windows) > > | recovery | 1G | > | EFI | 260M | > | OEM | 1G | > | Windows8 (C:) | 424G | > | Lenovo (D:) | 25G | > | Recovery | 14G | > > Clearly its the windows (C:) that needs to be shrunk for the linux.
I bought a new to me Lenovo desktop that has a similar partitioning scheme. except for the D: partition. I used the gparted live CD from: http://gparted.org/livecd.php and carved out my desired Debian partitions from the large C: partition and left all the other partitions alone since the computer is still under warranty. I never booted Windows past the activation screen as once I presented with that, I rebooted with gparted live and was on my way. > Q.1 In the past (mbr) Ive invaribly found that adding a partition > in the middle causes all sorts of trouble. > > How is it with gpt? So far no issues here although it seems that the update-grub script may offer some sort of complaint once in a while. I've not had any problems booting into Debian with this arrangement. > Q.2 There are some stories that modern disks need stricter alignment > restrictions than the classic 512 byte block > eg http://askubuntu.com/questions/314262/partition-alignment-confusion > > Whats the current 'best-practice' for optimal alignment of partitions? > [Given that windows seems to be more uptodate than parted on this I am > assuming that making all partitions in windows and then installing > linux should be foolproof. However its a bit of a headache jumping > between windows and linux] I went straight for the gparted live CD which is a minimal desktop version of the Debian live CD. I used the amd64 version and it worked very well. As I recall, I chose to align on cylinders when setting up the partitions in gparted. Perhaps this was a mistake but it seems to be working just fine for me. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141126121551.ga2...@n0nb.us
