* partitions
@ 2018-08-02 16:59 Catonano
2018-08-02 17:33 ` partitions Pierre Neidhardt
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From: Catonano @ 2018-08-02 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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 ?
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* Re: partitions
2018-08-02 16:59 partitions Catonano
@ 2018-08-02 17:33 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-08-16 8:54 ` partitions Catonano
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From: Pierre Neidhardt @ 2018-08-02 17:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Catonano; +Cc: help-guix
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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.
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Pierre Neidhardt
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* Re: partitions
2018-08-02 17:33 ` partitions Pierre Neidhardt
@ 2018-08-16 8:54 ` Catonano
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From: Catonano @ 2018-08-16 8:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pierre Neidhardt; +Cc: help-guix
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Il giorno gio 2 ago 2018 alle ore 19:33 Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com>
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
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