On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 16:31 +0000, Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Bruce wrote: > > > For an SSD drive, I suggest getting gptdisk (fdisk syntax) or gparted > > (challenging syntax) and partitioning the drive as a gpt drive. The > > first partition should be at sector 2048 or 1 MB. Make /boot 1 M, swap > > 2G, / 20G, and /home as desired. I like to leave some space. I advise > > against a separate /usr. The reasons for that (small, expensive disk > > drives) are not really valid any more. > > Yow! Maybe I should think about just using a regular hard drive. But I'm a > glutton for punishment.
Regular drive vs SSD has nothing to do with it. Any modern system, you're better off using GPT partitioning instead of the old DOS style - it's just easier, particularly if you ever want to do stuff like resize existing partitions... Oh, and to explain Bruce's advice about starting the first GPT partition at 1MB - this is to leave a little space at the beginning of the disk for the bootloader. Otherwise, Grub may complain about not having enough space to install itself... Simon.
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