On 4 September 2014 15:54:17 CEST, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 09/04/14 14:29, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 07:05:28 -0600, Joseph wrote: >> >>> >Disk /dev/sda: 2.7 TiB, 3000592982016 bytes, 5860533168 sectors >>> >Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >>> >Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes >>> >I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >>> >Disklabel type: gpt >>> >Disk identifier: 04EFD165-FDDF-4C24-BA81-868B97BF9949 >>> > >>> >Device Start End Size Type >>> >/dev/sda1 2048 4095 1M BIOS boot partition >>> >/dev/sda2 4096 2101247 1G Linux filesystem >>> >/dev/sda3 2101248 35655679 16G Linux swap >>> >/dev/sda4 35655680 5860533134 2.7T Linux filesystem >>> > >>> >Here sda1 is the BIOS boot and sda2 is /boot. >>> > >>> >> The instruction from official Gentoo web-page is difference from >>> >> display I'm getting on my screen when I use "fdisk" >>> >> >http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=4 >>> > >>> >If you are using GPT partitons, and you should, gdisk is the tool >to >>> >use (emerge sys-apps/gptfdisk). >>> > >>> >> I don't have an option of extended partition not can I make Boot >>> >> partition /dev/sda2 (128MB) bootable by pressing "a" in fdisk. >>> > >>> >GPT is not hindered by any of that legacy "4 partitions is enough >for >>> >anyone so lets kludge in some more" crap, you just create >partitions. >>> >>> Does GPT needs so much room for boot partition 1G? My current system >>> boot partition is 30Mb Gentoo handbook recommend 128Mb >> >>My BIOS boot partition is 1MB not 1GB. My /boot partition is 1GB to >allow >>room for a couple of System Rescue CD ISO images. >> >>> So the boot partition (/dev/sda2) will be ext2. What type of will >>> be /dev/sda1 ? ext2 as well. >> >>No, it's type is "BIOS boot partition", it's a completely different >type >>of partition and not used by your Linux installation at all, it's >purely >>there for the BIOS. > >Thank you for explanation. > >Is your /home on "root" partition? I've notice that handbook does not >designate separate partition for "home" anymore.
The handbook only provides an example which should work. There is no reason to blindly follow it if you have other ideas on how to partition your disks. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
