Partitioning gpt disk
Trying to setup linux on lenovo laptop.
I find that its gpt as expected and there are some 5 partitions
(as shown by compmgmt in windows)
| recovery | 1G |
| EFI | 260M |
| OEM | 1G |
| Windows8 (C:) | 424G |
| Lenovo (D:) | 25G |
| Recovery | 14G |
Clearly its the windows (C:) that needs to be shrunk for the linux.
Q.1 In the past (mbr) Ive invaribly found that adding a partition
in the middle causes all sorts of trouble.
How is it with gpt?
Q.2 There are some stories that modern disks need stricter alignment
restrictions than the classic 512 byte block
eg http://askubuntu.com/questions/314262/partition-alignment-confusion
Whats the current 'best-practice' for optimal alignment of partitions?
[Given that windows seems to be more uptodate than parted on this
I am assuming that making all partitions in windows and then installing
linux should be foolproof. However its a bit of a headache
jumping between windows and linux
]
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