Talk:Custom Partitions on the LS Pro - Revision history

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Davy gravy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:27:43 GMT

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-	We ~~aren~~ done creating the partitions, and later the filesystems must be created.	+	We are done creating the partitions, and later the filesystems must be created.

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Davy gravy: /* = */

Davy gravy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:20:36 GMT

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-	Transcript of an fdisk session:	+	Transcript of an fdisk session: This shows the deletion of all partitions on a hard drive, and the creation of new partitions, using fdisk. You could pretty much follow this guide keystroke for keystroke to do it. It is suggested that you read the man pages for fdisk & read up on it, as well.
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	$ fdisk /dev/sda		$ fdisk /dev/sda
	Command (m for help): d		Command (m for help): d
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	No partition is defined yet!		No partition is defined yet!
		+	Keep deleting partitions until there are no more left to delete.
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		+	Now create new partitions. n means new partition, p & e primary and extended.
	Command (m for help): n		Command (m for help): n
	Command action		Command action
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	First cylinder (2621-30401, default 2621): Using default value 2621		First cylinder (2621-30401, default 2621): Using default value 2621
	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (2621-30401, default 30401): Using default value 30401		Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (2621-30401, default 30401): Using default value 30401
-		+	The default type of partition is Ext3 (83), so we only need to change the type on partition 5, to Swap (82).
	Command (m for help): t		Command (m for help): t
	Partition number (1-7): 5		Partition number (1-7): 5
	Hex code (type L to list codes): 82		Hex code (type L to list codes): 82
	Changed system type of partition 5 to 82 (Linux swap)		Changed system type of partition 5 to 82 (Linux swap)
-		+	Print the partition map to see that it is what we want.
	Command (m for help): p		Command (m for help): p

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	/dev/sda7 2621 30401 223150851 83 Linux		/dev/sda7 2621 30401 223150851 83 Linux

		+	Write the partitions to the hard drive.
	Command (m for help): w		Command (m for help): w
	The partition table has been altered!		The partition table has been altered!
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	Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table		Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table
	$		$
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		+	We aren done creating the partitions, and later the filesystems must be created.

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Davy gravy at 08:09, 22 June 2008

Davy gravy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:09:33 GMT

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		+	Transcript of an fdisk session:
		+
		+
		+	$ fdisk /dev/sda
		+	Command (m for help): d
		+
		+	Partition number (1-6): 1
		+	Command (m for help): d
		+
		+	Partition number (1-6): 2
		+	Command (m for help): d
		+
		+	Partition number (1-6): 3
		+	Command (m for help): d
		+
		+	No partition is defined yet!
		+	Command (m for help): n
		+	Command action
		+	e extended
		+	p primary partition (1-4)
		+	p
		+	Partition number (1-4): 1
		+	First cylinder (1-30401, default 1): Using default value 1
		+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-30401, default 30401): +1GB
		+
		+	Command (m for help): n
		+	Command action
		+	e extended
		+	p primary partition (1-4)
		+	p
		+	Partition number (1-4): 2
		+	First cylinder (124-30401, default 124): Using default value 124
		+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (124-30401, default 30401): +10GB
		+
		+
		+	Command (m for help): n
		+	Command action
		+	e extended
		+	p primary partition (1-4)
		+	e
		+	Partition number (1-4): 4
		+	First cylinder (1341-30401, default 1341): Using default value 1341
		+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1341-30401, default 30401): Using default value 30401
		+
		+	Command (m for help): n
		+	Command action
		+	l logical (5 or over)
		+	p primary partition (1-4)
		+	l
		+	First cylinder (1341-30401, default 1341): Using default value 1341
		+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1341-30401, default 30401): +512MB
		+
		+	Command (m for help): n
		+	Command action
		+	l logical (5 or over)
		+	p primary partition (1-4)
		+	l
		+	First cylinder (1404-30401, default 1404): Using default value 1404
		+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1404-30401, default 30401): +10GB
		+
		+	Command (m for help): n
		+	Command action
		+	l logical (5 or over)
		+	p primary partition (1-4)
		+	l
		+	First cylinder (2621-30401, default 2621): Using default value 2621
		+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (2621-30401, default 30401): Using default value 30401
		+
		+	Command (m for help): t
		+	Partition number (1-7): 5
		+	Hex code (type L to list codes): 82
		+	Changed system type of partition 5 to 82 (Linux swap)
		+
		+	Command (m for help): p
		+
		+	Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
		+	255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
		+	Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
		+
		+	Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
		+	/dev/sda1 1 123 987966 83 Linux
		+	/dev/sda2 124 1340 9775552+ 83 Linux
		+	/dev/sda4 1341 30401 233432482+ 5 Extended
		+	/dev/sda5 1341 1403 506016 82 Linux swap
		+	/dev/sda6 1404 2620 9775521 83 Linux
		+	/dev/sda7 2621 30401 223150851 83 Linux
		+
		+	Command (m for help): w
		+	The partition table has been altered!
		+
		+	Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table
		+	$
		+
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		+
	This is a great, clear explanation. Before customizing my partitions, I have a question.		This is a great, clear explanation. Before customizing my partitions, I have a question.
	Can you tell me why you recommend partitioning the extended partition with LBA (W95) instead of Linux?		Can you tell me why you recommend partitioning the extended partition with LBA (W95) instead of Linux?

Drfox at 11:53, 30 March 2007

Drfox — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:53:03 GMT

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This is a great, clear explanation. Before customizing my partitions, I have a question.
Can you tell me why you recommend partitioning the extended partition with LBA (W95) instead of Linux?

Thanks for your reply.

Larry