Re: Debian Installation on Ultra 30 (was Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2021-09-23)
Hello Hermann!
On 9/27/21 09:56, Hermann.Lauer@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
>> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>> Disklabel type: sun
>>
>> Device Start End Sectors Size Id Type Flags
>> /dev/sda1 0 1000109 1000110 488.3M 1 Boot
>> /dev/sda2 1000110 284748299 283748190 135.3G 83 Linux native
>> /dev/sda3 0 286749029 286749030 136.7G 5 Whole disk
>> /dev/sda4 284748300 286749029 2000730 976.9M 82 Linux swap
>
> this is a sun disk partitioning scheme - not shure, if this is well supported
> with grub.
Yes, it's supported by both debian-installer and GRUB. However, you must use a
separate /boot partition or make sure that the root partition isn't too big
as GRUB uses blocklists on systems with Sun partition tables.
>> -> Question 2: What is the best size for /boot (/dev/sda1)? After
>> installation, the /boot partition had only about 57 MB of files.
>
> What's on this partition? Only Grub files or also the kernel stuff?
> AFAIR I used around 100-200MB years ago, but this was with SILO.
Since the kernel package installs into /boot, the partition should be at least
150-250 MB. I'm surprised that the installer would make it so small as partman-auto
has a minimum size for /boot configured.
Adrian
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