Comments on: Dividing the Hard Drive: Food for Thought http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-partition-planning/ Make the web, make more of it Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jaylon http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-partition-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-28175 Jaylon Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:33:18 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2743#comment-28175 Ho ho, who wodula thunk it, right? Ho ho, who wodula thunk it, right?

]]> By: HOW-TO Install & Perfect Ubuntu 9.10 [KARMIC KOALA BIBLE #1] - GUVNR http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-partition-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-5696 HOW-TO Install & Perfect Ubuntu 9.10 [KARMIC KOALA BIBLE #1] - GUVNR Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:25:26 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2743#comment-5696 [...] Plan Hard Drive Partition Strategy Pre system install, mapping out the data & system demands for optimal disk segmentation saves headaches down the road. Here's a heads-up to help. [...] [...] Plan Hard Drive Partition Strategy Pre system install, mapping out the data & system demands for optimal disk segmentation saves headaches down the road. Here's a heads-up to help. [...]

]]> By: the_guv http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-partition-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-5565 the_guv Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:12:53 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2743#comment-5565 @George, thank you. Google "gParted" and something like "gParted tutorials" (maybe some good ones on YouTube too) .. gParted is the way to go. .. well worth spending some time reading up on the boring partitioning theory too, and that of the file formats (ext3/4 for Linux, NTFS for Windows etc.) Really partitioning is not difficult and for me always goes .. er, no, I'm not going to tempt fate! .. Just be careful and remember that you cannot destroy your drive or data without being most cavalier! @rich .. dunno, to be honest .. but it sounds like an unhappy disc. Run a disk checker. For this .. I'd also ask at ubuntuforums.com .. someone there is likely to have had the same issue. @George, thank you. Google "gParted" and something like "gParted tutorials" (maybe some good ones on YouTube too) .. gParted is the way to go.

.. well worth spending some time reading up on the boring partitioning theory too, and that of the file formats (ext3/4 for Linux, NTFS for Windows etc.)

Really partitioning is not difficult and for me always goes .. er, no, I'm not going to tempt fate! .. Just be careful and remember that you cannot destroy your drive or data without being most cavalier!

@rich .. dunno, to be honest .. but it sounds like an unhappy disc. Run a disk checker.

For this .. I'd also ask at ubuntuforums.com .. someone there is likely to have had the same issue.

]]> By: rich painter http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-partition-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-5454 rich painter Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:09:03 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2743#comment-5454 I cant get 9.10 to install on my partitions. 9.10 64-bit live cd apt-get install mdadm system->administration->disk utility (note- gparted would not graphically make my raid-1) using 2 1TB sata drives create soft raid-1 mirror using entire drives /dev/sda,sdb start installer choose manual partition select the /dev/md0 create part 1 988 gb ext4 mount to / create part 2 swap 12 gb it next formats the ext4 partition 1 OK. then it reports an error in a popup box titled "do you want to resume partitioning?" with a body of "the attempt to mount a filesystem with type swap in RAID0p2 device # at none failed. you may resume partitioning from the partition menu. go back or continue". in either case of selecting go_back or continue it takes one back to the partitioner. there should be no reason that this should fail since the partition's mount point represents the entire system and no other partitions should be required. this must be a bug. how do I get around this? I'm stuck in the installer... thanks, rich I cant get 9.10 to install on my partitions.

9.10 64-bit live cd
apt-get install mdadm
system->administration->disk utility
(note- gparted would not graphically make my raid-1)
using 2 1TB sata drives create soft raid-1 mirror using entire drives /dev/sda,sdb
start installer
choose manual partition
select the /dev/md0
create part 1 988 gb ext4 mount to /
create part 2 swap 12 gb

it next formats the ext4 partition 1 OK. then it reports an error in a popup box titled "do you want to resume partitioning?" with a body of "the attempt to mount a filesystem with type swap in RAID0p2 device # at none failed. you may resume partitioning from the partition menu. go back or continue". in either case of selecting go_back or continue it takes one back to the partitioner.

there should be no reason that this should fail since the partition's mount point represents the entire system and no other partitions should be required. this must be a bug.

how do I get around this? I'm stuck in the installer...

thanks,
rich

]]> By: George A http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-partition-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-5423 George A Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:20:21 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2743#comment-5423 Many thanks for your trouble in preparing this primer on Ubuntu. I am new to Ubuntu and very much a beginner - the last time I wrote code was in Fortran 4, when I was in school. I'm currently using Ubuntu 9.04 on a stand alone desktop. There is only one partition (approx 230GB)+ SWAP. I have Ext3 formatting on my HDD. Can you please indicate whether it is possible (or feasible) to add a partition to my existing HDD without re-installing the OS? I have Partition Magic 8.0, which recognizes Ext3 (but not Ext4) formatting. Many thanks, George Many thanks for your trouble in preparing this primer on Ubuntu. I am new to Ubuntu and very much a beginner - the last time I wrote code was in Fortran 4, when I was in school. I'm currently using Ubuntu 9.04 on a stand alone desktop. There is only one partition (approx 230GB)+ SWAP. I have Ext3 formatting on my HDD.

Can you please indicate whether it is possible (or feasible) to add a partition to my existing HDD without re-installing the OS? I have Partition Magic 8.0, which recognizes Ext3 (but not Ext4) formatting. Many thanks, George

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