Felix Miata composed on 2017-11-29 13:55 (UTC-0500): > Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-28 22:15 (UTC-0500):
>> dan@debian8:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda >> Command (m for help): p >> Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors >> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disklabel type: gpt >> Disk identifier: A615A904-0620-459F-BF44-5E53E54FDF24 >> Device Start End Sectors Size Type >> /dev/sda1 2048 411647 409600 200M BIOS boot >> /dev/sda2 411648 16783359 16371712 7.8G Linux swap >> /dev/sda3 16783360 151001087 134217728 64G Linux LVM >> /dev/sda4 151001088 285218815 134217728 64G Linux LVM >> /dev/sda5 285218816 419436543 134217728 64G Linux LVM >> /dev/sda6 419436544 553654271 134217728 64G Linux LVM >> /dev/sda7 553654272 1953525134 1399870863 667.5G Linux filesystem >> Is there a problem here? > Maybe. I don't have any GPT-partitioned disks to check whether there is a > missing column. On DOS-partitioned disks, there is a column in between > "Device" > and "Start" labeled "Boot", where any boot flags that exist are shown. > Since your HD is <2GB, one way to make all this trouble go away would be to > start all over, selecting DOS as the partitioning type, make a primary as a > home > for Grub, keep LVM on logicals, and put swap either on primary or logical. The > primary with Grub you would mount on /boot for your first installation, but > until you understand better the foibles of multiboot, not those subsequent. Additional considerations that may be at work here: https://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/bios.html How old is the BIOS/Firmware on this HP PC? Is an upgrade available? -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
