Re: Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)

2021-09-27 Thread Hermann . Lauer
Hello Stan, On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 08:33:54AM -0600, Stan Johnson wrote: > Having the above partitioning scheme seems to work ok with GRUB; the > reason I asked about the "Whole disk" partition is that some > partitioning tools (specifically fdisk, as I recall), refuse to create > additional

Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)

2021-09-27 Thread Stan Johnson
Hi Adrian, On 9/27/21 2:42 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hello! > > On 9/26/21 07:34, Stan Johnson wrote: >> Not knowing what the preferred size should be for a GRUB /boot >> partition, I decided to let Guided Partioning use its defaults for >> /dev/sda. As I recall, the partitioner

Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)

2021-09-27 Thread Stan Johnson
Hi Hermann, On 9/27/21 1:56 AM, hermann.la...@uni-heidelberg.de wrote: > Hi Stan, > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 11:34:59PM -0600, Stan Johnson wrote: >> Not knowing what the preferred size should be for a GRUB /boot >> partition, I decided to let Guided Partioning use its defaults for >> /dev/sda.

Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)

2021-09-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 9/27/21 03:56, hermann.la...@uni-heidelberg.de wrote: > Hi Stan, > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 11:34:59PM -0600, Stan Johnson wrote: >> Not knowing what the preferred size should be for a GRUB /boot >> partition, I decided to let Guided Partioning use its defaults for >> /dev/sda. As I recall,

Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)

2021-09-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello! On 9/26/21 07:34, Stan Johnson wrote: > Not knowing what the preferred size should be for a GRUB /boot > partition, I decided to let Guided Partioning use its defaults for > /dev/sda. As I recall, the partitioner warned that the number of > cylinders on the disk exceeded the maximum of

Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)

2021-09-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
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 >>

Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)

2021-09-27 Thread Hermann . Lauer
Hi Stan, On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 11:34:59PM -0600, Stan Johnson wrote: > Not knowing what the preferred size should be for a GRUB /boot > partition, I decided to let Guided Partioning use its defaults for > /dev/sda. As I recall, the partitioner warned that the number of > cylinders on the disk