From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Catonano Subject: partitions Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 18:59:09 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000007756aa057276bbba" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48960) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1flGwc-0001DQ-Rl for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:59:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1flGwb-0000hH-PN for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:59:22 -0400 Received: from mail-yb0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c09::234]:34392) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1flGwb-0000gv-IO for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:59:21 -0400 Received: by mail-yb0-x234.google.com with SMTP id e9-v6so1430569ybq.1 for ; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:59:21 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix --0000000000007756aa057276bbba Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I'm considering to install GuixSD in a virtual machine made with Gnome Boxes I should partition the disk but I don't know where to start This is what I find in cfdisk https://imgur.com/a/EjYKRwb I don't understand how these partitions are organized Why is the boot partition so large ? Will it expand even more if so required ? As for /dev/sda2 why is it so small ? Why is it FAT ? What does that ""EFI" mean ? What is that partition meant for ? As for the free space, why is it so small ? Will it expand if so required ? How am I supposed to properly arrange these partitions in order to install GixSD ? --0000000000007756aa057276bbba Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'm considering to install GuixSD in a virtual ma= chine made with Gnome Boxes

I should partition the= disk but I don't know where to start

This is = what I find in cfdisk

I don't understan= d how these partitions are organized

Why is the bo= ot partition so large ? Will it expand even more if so required ?

As for /dev/sda2 why is it so small ? Why is it FAT ? What = does that ""EFI" mean ? What is that partition meant for ?

As for the free space, why is it so small ? Wil= l it expand if so required ?

How am I supposed to = properly arrange these partitions in order to install GixSD ?
--0000000000007756aa057276bbba-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Re: partitions Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:33:57 +0200 Message-ID: <87pnz0oepm.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58564) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1flHUA-0001xI-AL for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:34:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1flHU9-0001lc-Bn for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:34:02 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::22f]:39176) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1flHU9-0001k6-3w for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:34:01 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id q8-v6so3484089wmq.4 for ; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:34:00 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Catonano Cc: help-guix --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The EFI partition is a required partition used by the UEFI partition scheme= s. GuixSD does not require anything special compared to other distributions. I recommend you have a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning =09 for general guidelines. Then you choose how to partition your drives as you wish. Using the UEFI partition scheme, you can have two partitions: =2D EFI =2D root You are free to add as many partitions as you want. "Free space" is wasted space, make sure that your partition scheme covers t= he whole drive. =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAltjQIUACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH9BiwgAgOjVO8S3kyoPU6Bb8qTUkr6KX+4qil7fuv7Ps+Q6BODBAYp3/8xN3RUg wrQpFXyz7dGvQEWs5FY+qghA3fTKyvoNj4p8ak6BOTjq9eNbMMq8BMflSub2N43E zq62etPXEpFHJZquHd+2hj+w32lOSg750W+jykdszA/XJ2kSxwz6Hy3S70OZ/ROz ozJ9qRJYlnu7VxNbRjeeZFWaVPiT8St8STT6VkD34Glg6pPSvOGcQ5zG8Pahn8M6 9Io6YW0xMKHwqmDoNtdvhbq1Mj24FT1DZ+jJBDVetGVPBu9mEXQf4NgviEY4w/K3 OgeyDJRzv5inv7Lh88fu1tQjZ2Gj3A== =gqGG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Catonano Subject: Re: partitions Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:54:07 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87pnz0oepm.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b845bb0573899672" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54253) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fqE2v-000513-W3 for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2018 04:54:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fqE2v-0006yX-1h for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2018 04:54:21 -0400 Received: from mail-yb0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c09::22f]:46227) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fqE2u-0006yJ-So for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2018 04:54:20 -0400 Received: by mail-yb0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id n10-v6so239710yba.13 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:54:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87pnz0oepm.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: help-guix --000000000000b845bb0573899672 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Il giorno gio 2 ago 2018 alle ore 19:33 Pierre Neidhardt ha scritto: > The EFI partition is a required partition used by the UEFI partition > schemes. > > GuixSD does not require anything special compared to other distributions. > I recommend you have a look at > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning > > for general guidelines. Then you choose how to partition your drives as > you > wish. Using the UEFI partition scheme, you can have two partitions: > > - EFI > - root > > You are free to add as many partitions as you want. > "Free space" is wasted space, make sure that your partition scheme covers > the > whole drive. > -- > Pierre Neidhardt > the reason why I was confused by the partitions I saw is because I was using the wrong image This one https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guixsd-vm-image-0.15.0.x86_64-linux.xz The right image is this one https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guixsd-install-0.15.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz With the right image , I only saw a large blob of free space --000000000000b845bb0573899672 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Il giorno gio 2 ago 2018 alle ore 19:33 Pierre Neidhardt &= lt;ambrevar@gmail.com> ha scri= tto:
The EFI partition is a required partition used by the UEFI parti= tion schemes.

GuixSD does not require anything special compared to other distributions. I recommend you have a look at

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 https://wiki.archlinux.= org/index.php/Partitioning

for general guidelines.=C2=A0 Then you choose how to partition your drives = as you
wish.=C2=A0 Using the UEFI partition scheme, you can have two partitions:
- EFI
- root

You are free to add as many partitions as you want.
"Free space" is wasted space, make sure that your partition schem= e covers the
whole drive.
--
Pierre Neidhardt

the reason why I was c= onfused by the partitions I saw is because I was using the wrong image=C2= =A0
This one

The right i= mage is this one

With the ri= ght image , I only saw a large blob of free space
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