Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-05-01, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> The partition type code for 'swap' is wrong -- it should be >>> 8200. According to the gdisk help info Linux /home is supposed to be >>> 8302, but I've always used the same generic "Linux filesystem" type >>> for both /home and root. >>> >>> Is the 'boot' partition for future possible UEFI use, for Linux /boot, >>> or both? [I've never used a separate partition for Linux /boot, I >>> just use a /boot directory on the root FS.] >> I noticed the other day that some new ones was added. I always leave it >> as 8300 and it works. It even works for swap. I dunno. > If you have an entry in /etc/fstab for swap, it might not matter if > the partition type is set to 'Linux swap' or not. I always set the > swap parition type to 'Linux swap', and then it doesn't seem to matter > if there's a swap entry in the fstab or not.
I tend to put everything in fstab. It's the way it was when I started and I just keep doing it that way. It could be that it isn't needed anymore tho. >> The /boot is where kernels and init thingys go. Keep in mind, this is >> on a old rig that has no idea what UEFI is. When I build my new rig >> later, I'll do a install from scratch anyway. Also, it will go on a SSD. > OK, so 'boot' is for the Linux /boot directory. I was just curious > since I had never used one. > I've used one ever since I started using Linux and it's as much habit as anything. Given the size of drives nowadays, I have started putting /usr and /var on the root partition. When I build my new rig tho, odds are /var will be on its own partition. That way if a log file goes wonky, it can fill it up and not really do any harm. >> I mostly want to post so that a person can see the layout. Really, the >> first one is what a person wanting to use GPT on a old BIOS system needs >> to see. After that, they can do partitions anyway they want. > Right. I'm to the good part of the install now. With the partition layout shown earlier, I get this. (chroot) livecd / # grub-install /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform. Installation finished. No error reported. (chroot) livecd / # When I did that before, it puked on my keyboard. This time with that little unformatted partition, it just installed it. So, muddy waters pretty clear now. :-D Dale :-) :-)
