Hello Hermann! On 9/27/21 09:56, hermann.la...@uni-heidelberg.de wrote: >> The layout for /dev/sda is as follows: >> >> # fdisk -l /dev/sda >> Disk /dev/sda: 136.73 GiB, 146815737856 bytes, 286749488 sectors >> Disk model: ST3146807LC >> Geometry: 255 heads, 2 sectors/track, 37965 cylinders >> 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: sun >> >> Device Start End Sectors Size Id Type Flags >> /dev/sda1 0 1000109 1000110 488.3M 1 Boot >> /dev/sda2 1000110 284748299 283748190 135.3G 83 Linux native >> /dev/sda3 0 286749029 286749030 136.7G 5 Whole disk >> /dev/sda4 284748300 286749029 2000730 976.9M 82 Linux swap > > this is a sun disk partitioning scheme - not shure, if this is well supported > with grub.
Yes, it's supported by both debian-installer and GRUB. However, you must use a separate /boot partition or make sure that the root partition isn't too big as GRUB uses blocklists on systems with Sun partition tables. >> -> Question 2: What is the best size for /boot (/dev/sda1)? After >> installation, the /boot partition had only about 57 MB of files. > > What's on this partition? Only Grub files or also the kernel stuff? > AFAIR I used around 100-200MB years ago, but this was with SILO. Since the kernel package installs into /boot, the partition should be at least 150-250 MB. I'm surprised that the installer would make it so small as partman-auto has a minimum size for /boot configured. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
