Re: Installation instructions.

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Installation instructions.
Date	2020-12-10 01:10 +0100
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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.

Thread

Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-02 00:10 +0100
  Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-02 03:20 +0100
    Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-02 22:00 +0100
      Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-02 22:20 +0100
      Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-02 23:30 +0100
        Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-03 17:40 +0100
          Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-03 20:30 +0100
          Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-03 21:30 +0100
            Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-04 00:10 +0100
              Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 02:30 +0100
            Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 10:10 +0100
              Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 13:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-12-04 22:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 23:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 03:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-06 16:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-12-10 01:10 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 16:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 20:50 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:20 +0100
              Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-05 21:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 21:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 22:00 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:10 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-06 01:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-06 01:20 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-06 01:40 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-06 06:10 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-06 19:30 +0100
                Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-05 21:40 +0100
            Re: Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-05 22:10 +0100
              Re: Installation instructions. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 22:20 +0100
      Re: Installation instructions. Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-03 10:00 +0100
  Re: Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-02 20:00 +0100
    Re (2): Installation instructions. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-02 22:40 +0100
      Re: Re (2): Installation instructions. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-12-03 00:10 +0100
  Re: Installation instructions. John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2020-12-02 23:00 +0100

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