Warm Greetings To GTALUG
Members,
This coming weekend (Friday 13 April 2018) I will
be building my new desktop PC with the help of my friend who has built quite a
few PCs for his employer.
The new PC will be running debian Linux and will
soon take over duties from an ancient Dell desktop PC running Windows XP
(acquired new in March 2005)..
I will post the final hardware configuration on
PCPartPicker once the new PC is operational.
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Meanwhile, I would like to ask GTALUG
members please to itake a look at the partitioning configuraiton I am
proposing for the 2 TB Western Digital HDD (best to stretch your email
client window to defeat word wrap):
==> *** STANDARD
LINUX ***
/device partition
==> linux normal
boot #1: (current active version of linux os, will be recycled for next
version)
/dev/sda1
gpt001 ext2 ??? /boot
/dev/sda2 gpt002
ext3 50 /
(root), /bin, /dev, /etc, /initrd, /lib, sbin
==> linux normal
boot #2: (next version of linux os, will become current
version)
/dev/sda1
gpt003 ext2 ??? /boot
/dev/sda2 gpt004
ext3 50 /
(root), /bin, /dev, /etc, /initrd, /lib, sbin
==> linux rescue
boot:
/dev/sda1
gpt005 ext2 ??? /boot
/dev/sda2 gpt006
ext3 50 /
(root), /bin, /dev, /etc, /initrd, /lib,
sbin
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150 GB + 3X boot
==> linux
temporary:
/dev/sda3
gpt103 ext4 64 (swap1)
/dev/sda4 gpt104
ext4 64
(swap2)
/dev/sda5
gpt105 ext4 64 (swap3)
/dev/sda6 gpt106
ext4 200
/tmp
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392 GB
==> linux
permanent:
/dev/sda7
gpt207 ext4 100 /var
/dev/sda8 gpt208
ext4 100
/usr
==> linux user
permanent:
/dev/sda9
gpt309 ext4 100 /usr/local
/dev/sda10 gpt310 ext4
100
/home
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400 GB
==> ***
USER-DEFINED ***
/dev/sda51 gpt551..557
ext4 75X7 /!_d ...
/!_j (current, clone winxp partition structure, allow for
growth)
/dev/sda52 gpt599
ext4 70
/!~dell (WinXP archive C..J: ../winxp_c .. ../winxp_j (WinXP archive
C..J))
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595 GB
==> other
operating systems:
/dev/sda61
gpt661 ext4 ??? /._win7 virtualized
windows 7
/dev/sda62
gpt662 ext4 ??? /._win7_1
/dev/sda63 gpt663 ext4
??? /._dfly
virtualized dragonflybsd
/dev/sda64
gpt664 ext4 ???
/._dfly_1
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??? GB
==> ssd
partitions:
/dev/sda71
gpt771 ext4
-- /.~ssd01 (ssd partition) | total
ssd
/dev/sda72 gpt772
ext4 -- /.~ssd02 (ssd
partition) | capacity
/dev/sda73
gpt773 ext4
-- /.~ssd03 (ssd partition) | 256
GB
--------- ---------
---- -----
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N/A
GB
==>
allocated:
1537 GB (+ 3x boot)
==>
unallocated:
+ 463 GB (- 3x boot)
--------- --------- ---- -----
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==> Total HDD
Capacity: 2000 GB
Note 1: Please be aware
that I am a complete Linux newbie but with a software engineering
background.
Note 2: Hoping to be able to
swap back and forth between an "active" version of Linux and the "next" version
of Linux, by switching the roles of partitions (gpt001, gpt002) <==>
(gpt003,gpt004) .
Note 3: Please be aware that
I intend to maintain most of my user-related content in the seven
(7) partitions gpt551..gpt557
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Comments, criticisms, questions
welcome.
Best Regards,
Steve