Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 23 June 2024 23:37:15 BST Dale wrote: >> Michael wrote: >>> On Sunday, 23 June 2024 13:19:18 BST Dale wrote: >>>> That's my thinking. The only benefit to reinstalling is correcting the >>>> partition boo boo. >>> What in particular are you referring to? I thought you created an ESP, / >>> and /home partitions, if I recall. >> I was thinking the EFI partition, ef02, and /boot were the same >> partition. I only created one that was huge. I made the ef02 partition >> 8GBs I think when 8MBs would have been more than enough from what I've >> read. > OK, the "EFI System Partition" is type ef00. You need this partition type to > be able to boot a UEFI MoBo using its (BIOS) firmware. This is where GRUB, > or > any other boot manager will install its UEFI executable image. > > ef02 is the partition code type for the "BIOS Boot Partition". You do NOT > need one of these, since you are not trying to boot a GPT disk on a legacy > BIOS MoBo. > > Your new /boot partition can be a normal linux partition, type 8300 and you > can format this as ext2/3/4, or whatever GRUB can read. >
I thought it was ef02. I think it is in the install guide anyway. Good to know it is ef00 for the efi partition tho. Less chance of me messing that up. LOL >> I kinda like /boot on its own partition. If /boot gets corrupted >> somehow, I can get the kernel and config again from /usr/src/linux. >> Building the init thingy again is trivial. So is reinstalling grub. If >> I were to lose root somehow, I'd have to reinstall but I got the kernel >> and its config file. It ain't much but it's something. As it is, /boot >> is on the same partition as root. If root goes bad, all is lost, except >> for any backup copies I might have. If I redo the install, I'd have a >> EFI partition and a separate /boot partition as well. The EFI would be >> like 8MBs or so and the /boot partition would be ext2 and 8GBs or so. >> Plenty of room for expansion. > I see. I don't think you need to redo the install. All you need to do is: > > 1. Back up the ESP contents, just in case. > 2. Shrink the ESP partition, down to a reasonable size. 500M or 1G would be > more than enough. > 3. Create a new partition, say ~7G in the space your just freed up, of type > 8300. > 4. Check if the content of the ESP fs is intact (it should be, but we're > talking about FAT here) and if not reformat as FAT32 and copy over the files > from the ESP backup. > 5. Format the new /boot partition and copy over the files from your current / > boot tdirectory to the new /boot partition you created. > 6. Adjust your fstab and reboot. > > NOTE: The GPT partition numbering order will be messed up, but this does not > alter their functionality. If it annoys you, then use gdisk to re-order them. Oh, I'd mess that up quick. o_O > >> I saved messages, sddm log and the Xorg log. Honestly tho, they will be >> different because the live DVD uses the kernel drivers, nouveau, where I >> use Nvidia. Still, I got them anyway. >> >> Several years ago, I took the CPU cooler off my main rig. I dunked the >> fin part into some heavy duty cleaner that cleans off dirt and dust. >> They wasn't to bad really since I blow them clean with compressed air >> from my compressor pretty regular. Still, it looked new when I was >> done. I used alcohol and a toothbrush to clean the old paste off of the >> base. The original paste was what came with the CPU I think. I'm >> pretty sure I put Arctic Silver on the second time. I can't remember >> the exact amount but it did cool better after a few updates and some >> compiling. I don't know if it was the fin cleaning or the thermal paste >> or both tho. I think Arctic Silver is still considered a good brand and >> very good product. I'm pretty sure it never dries out. Even some >> cheaper generic brands are quite good. > Ha! I thought my low temperatures were too good to be true! The Mobo had > lost its settings (it reminds me I need to replace the CMOS battery) and > consequently the CPU was underclocked. I reconfigured everything and on a > second run the temperature was cooler, but only by 2-3°C cooler. Still, > grateful for small mercies. :-) > Well, it being done likely makes you feel better anyway. You know it is fresh and should be good for a while. >> I'm going to compare some data between the Gentoo live DVD and my >> install. If I don't see something obvious, I'm going to fix my >> partition boo boo with a fresh start. While at it. What is the best >> way to wipe the partition data from a m.2 stick? They not spinning rust >> so don't want to try to dd or use shred on the whole thing. Doesn't >> gdisk have a wipe partition option? Curious what you think is the best >> way to do that. Don't want to shorten the life of my m.2 stick. > In this case do not reinstall. Most of it, if not all, would be > unnecessarily > deleting and rewriting the same data. > > gdisk can destroy all the GPT data structures on a disk. Press x, then z. > However, I suggest you don't this. Use Gparted to shrink your ESP and add a > new partition for /boot as I explained above. The focus on sorting out your > graphic card. Well, I'm hoping that it will fix whatever I missed before. I'm sure I missed something but I have no idea what. I've tried everything I can think of. Given it all works with the Gentoo live DVD and all, it has to be a bad install somehow. I just don't know what I missed. If I can't figure out how to fix the current install, then maybe starting over is a possible fix. I'm wanting to finish testing and then switch out the rig. Then new rig becomes main rig. Old main rig becomes, a NAS box maybe??? At least this CPU has the aes encryption support. Current NAS box doesn't. Oh, you notice the name I gave it? Gentoo-1. My first rig was named smoker. At the time, it was smoking fast. Current rig is fireball. It is faster than first rig. I ran out of names that were reasonably short and made sense. I got tired of trying to figure out one so I named it Gentoo-1. Now to ponder what comes next. Dale :-) :-)
