I just received a new laptop (dell 6430s) with a 256GB SSD and naturally want to install gentoo. I have installed gentoo several times but this is my first with an SSD.
Dell configures a small first partition and places windows on two other partitions (one small; the other the rest of the disk). I reinstalled windows shrinking the large partition very considerably (I essentially never use the dell partition or windows; but they are convenient to have if you need service from dell). In my current system, I have /root "native partition" /usr lvm2 /local lvm2 /var lvm2 /tmp lvm2 /opt lvm2 /a lvm2 My plan is to have root+usr on one "native partition" (to appease the oracle at udev) and the rest on lvm2 as in my current configuration. Although I will install dracut and perhaps try/use it, I do not want my partitioning scheme to *force* me to use it. I believe combining root and usr (off lvm2) will accomplish this goal. I was not surprised to see that the latest manual has root+usr combined, but was surprised that they specify an additional small /boot partition. I had thought that went out of favor a few years ago. Is it back because of the root+usr merge? Do people here recommend a separate /boot? I know that it is important to have ssd partitions well aligned. It appears that fdisk is doing this automatically (see below). Does the following partitioning seem OK? Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x58737050 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 81920 1622015 770048 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 1622016 64536575 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda4 64536576 500118191 217790808 5 Extended /dev/sda5 * 64538624 127453183 31457280 83 Linux /dev/sda6 127455232 131649535 2097152 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 131651584 341366783 104857600 8e Linux LVM thanks, allan
