2018-06-13 at 6:22 AM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
what are you trying to accomplish
if you're trying to set up partitions, lol. First you're best off doing that during OS installation, not beforehand with GPartEd.
Second, assuming you're not encrypting, you'll want something like the following (size - FS - mountpoint):
[PRIMARY PART]
200MB - EXT4 - /boot
[EXTENDED PART]
100GB - EXT4 - /
900GB - EXT4 - /home
sizes are just what I'd use, you can do whatever. If you have 8 or more gigs of RAM swap space is unneccessary UNLESS you have a good reason for it (graphics/video editing that requires handling massive files etc.).
The bare minimum is setting up a /boot and a / (root) partition, but I like to keep /home (user profiles) separate so if you fill it up with porno it doesn't stop your system from booting. You can also set up separate partitions for /etc, /tmp, /var and any other folder you want but I think that's largely unnecessary for most users.
2018-06-13 at 6:24 AM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
PS. /boot configuration is different for EFI and MBR, MBR is the legacy standard and I generally just use that, not sure of extra steps to get EFI working. You may need to turn on 'legacy boot' or something in BIOS for MBR boot to work properly depending on how new your machine is.
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2018-06-17 at 8:57 PM UTC
It's fixed, thanks to all the help guys.
2018-11-19 at 8:30 PM UTC
Again this motherfucker attacks me, now I think the problem is Debian-based distros. A friend of mine recommended me to format all partitions, repartitioning as MBR instead of GPT and NTFS instead of ext4. Opinions?
2018-11-19 at 8:45 PM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
I've used debian for years, never seen this particular issue.
MBR vs GPT - MBR is fine, like I mentioned earlier you might need to set boot options in BIOS to legacy/MBR for that drive though.
NTFS vs EXT - I don't think lunix will even install (root) on NTFS because of the way it handles permissions. I couldn't tell you the specifics but lunix support for NTFS isn't great and read/write/access speeds are typically significantly lower than native filesystem formats. The only reason you should have an NTFS or EXFAT partition at all is if you want it to be accessible from windows; there's no good reason to try to use it for your root filesystem. /home maybe if you're dual booting.
2018-11-19 at 10:05 PM UTC
cupocheer
Space Nigga
[unwillingly condescend the dp]
GoTo Wiki for further instructions.
Will not run on a Dell.