Re: Installation instructions.
On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 07:20:38 (-0800), peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:12:16 -0600
> > With such a small disk, I'd try modifying that suggestion: dispense
> > with /home, but only during the installation, making partition 3 the
> > one used for the iso ( and marked "do not use"):
> >
> > Part 1 labeled ROOT. 7 GB. Format ext4.
> > Part 2 labeled SWAP. 1 GB. Format swap or linux-swap.
> > Part 3 labeled HOME. 4 GB. Format ext4. (The LABEL doesn't affect things.)
> >
> > When the installation has completed, you can now, as root,
> >
> > . mount Part 3 as /mnt
> > . clear any installation files off it
> > . cp -a /home/<sysadmin> /mnt/ (which should be user 1000's ~,
> > containing just the files that were copied from /etc/skel)
> > . edit /etc/fstab to mount LABEL=HOME on /home
> > . umount /mnt/
> > . mount -a (to mount /home)
> > . login ordinarily, as sysadmin.
> >
> > That increases your space on /home by 14%.
>
> That's similar to the proceedure described in this message.
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/12/msg00197.html
Yes, that's because I based the partitioning on your own
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/12/msg00045.html
to which I was going to thread it until David's comment came in.
But I posted my reply merely to place this method (using future
/home) on record. You'd rather modify the partition table
instead, which I've always avoided.
Your new partition layout is not one I'd personally use, but then,
I don't know what your first two (unused) partitions are going to
be used for. (I presume they're not reserved for BIOS Boot and
ESP, like the two I always put on my GPT disks.) I haven't created
an extended partition since 1997, and eliminated those I'd created
or inherited by 1999.
Cheers,
David.
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