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. > 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 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.
