Re: trying to install bullseye for about 25th time.
On Thursday, 9 June 2022 03:22:56 EDT Felix Miata wrote:
> gene heskett composed on 2022-06-09 02:59 (UTC-0400):
> > Are you saying that I can partition this new drive with gparted and
> > make the d-i use that? That would be the holy grail if so.
>
> This possibility became reality in antiquity. I never would have
> completed my first Debian installation attempt if this were not the
> case. I can't remember the last Gnu/Linux installer I ran across that
> didn't have this capability. Unlike David, who /usually/ partitions
> prior to starting up the Debian installer, I *always* do. Only one
> partitioner is ever used on any of my partitionable media. I usually
> format first too, including any swap partition.
>
> > Question then:
> > Since /home would be just a mount point for the raid10, how big does
> > that partition actually have to be? Is a single 4096k inode big
> > enough?
> A mount point isn't a partition. It's a directory purposed for mounting
> a separate filesystem. The directory, and its inode consumption, goes
> on the root filesystem.
Thanks Felix. That clarifies it.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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