[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Xavier Neys (neysx)]

neysx       09/01/09 18:12:12

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Bootable flag needs to be on.
  We all thought it was a thing of the past...
  My brand new intel itx motherboard with dual-code atom 330 will not boot HD if flag is not on :-(

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--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	2 May 2008 08:04:23 -0000	1.11
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	9 Jan 2009 18:12:12 -0000	1.12
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.11 2008/05/02 08:04:23 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.12 2009/01/09 18:12:12 neysx Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>6.1</version>
-<date>2008-05-02</date>
+<version>6.2</version>
+<date>2009-01-09</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@
 Disk /dev/sda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2184 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
 
-Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
-/dev/sda1             1        14    105808+  83  Linux
+   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
+/dev/sda1   *         1        14    105808+  83  Linux
 /dev/sda2            15        49    264600   82  Linux swap
 /dev/sda3            50        70    158760   83  Linux
 /dev/sda4            71      2184  15981840    5  Extended
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 then <c>p</c> to select a primary partition, followed by <c>1</c> to select the
 first primary partition. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When
 prompted for the last cylinder, type <c>+32M</c> to create a partition 32 Mbyte
-in size:
+in size and set its bootable flag:
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Creating the boot partition">
@@ -375,13 +375,13 @@
 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
 
-Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
-/dev/sda1          1        14    105808+  83  Linux
+   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
+/dev/sda1             1        14    105808+  83  Linux
 </pre>
 
 <p>
 We need to make this partition bootable. Type <c>a</c> to toggle the bootable
-flag on a partition and select <c>1</c>. If you press <c>p</c> again, you will 
+flag on a partition and select <c>1</c>. If you press <c>p</c> again, you will
 notice that an <path>*</path> is placed in the "Boot" column.
 </p>
 
@@ -410,9 +410,9 @@
 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
 
-Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
-/dev/sda1 *        1        14    105808+  83  Linux
-/dev/sda2         15        81    506520   82  Linux swap
+   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
+/dev/sda1   *         1        14    105808+  83  Linux
+/dev/sda2            15        81    506520   82  Linux swap
 </pre>
 
 </body>
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@
 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
 
-Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
-/dev/sda1 *        1        14    105808+  83  Linux
-/dev/sda2         15        81    506520   82  Linux swap
-/dev/sda3         82      3876  28690200   83  Linux
+   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
+/dev/sda1   *         1        14    105808+  83  Linux
+/dev/sda2            15        81    506520   82  Linux swap
+/dev/sda3            82      3876  28690200   83  Linux
 </pre>
 
 </body>

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       11/08/23 17:31:34

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #370479 - Introduce partitioning with parted too (at least for x86/amd64) and mention the use case of >2TB

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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	23 Aug 2011 17:31:34 -0000	1.15
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.14 2011/08/22 17:18:23 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.15 2011/08/23 17:31:34 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>7</version>
-<date>2011-08-22</date>
+<version>8</version>
+<date>2011-08-23</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@
 If you are interested in knowing how big a partition should be, or even how 
 many partitions you need, read on. Otherwise continue now with partitioning 
 your disk by reading <uri link="#fdisk">Using fdisk to Partition your
-Disk</uri>.
+Disk</uri> or <uri link="#parted">Using parted to Partition your Disk</uri>
+(both are partitioning tools, <c>fdisk</c> is well known and stable,
+<c>parted</c> is a bit more recent but supports partitions larger than
+2TB).
 </p>
 
 </body>
@@ -209,9 +212,16 @@
 <subsection>
 <body>
 
+<impo>
+If your environment will deal with partitions larger than 2 TB, please
+use the <uri link="#parted">Using parted to Partition your Disk</uri>
+instructions instead. <c>fdisk</c> is not able to deal with larger
+partitions.
+</impo>
+
 <p>
 The following parts explain how to create the example partition layout 
-described previously, namely:
+using <c>fdisk</c>. The example partition layout was mentioned earlier:
 </p>
 
 <table>
@@ -466,6 +476,204 @@
 </body>
 </subsection>
 </section>
+<section id="parted">
+<title>Using parted to Partition your Disk</title>
+<subsection>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+In this chapter, we guide you through the creation of the example partition
+layout mentioned earlier in the instructions. Unlike the previous chapter, we
+describe the method using the <c>parted</c> application instead. Both
+<c>parted</c> and <c>fdisk</c> offer the same functions, so if you partitioned
+your system using <c>fdisk</c> already, you can skip this section and continue
+with <uri link="#filesystems">Creating Filesystems</uri>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The example partition layout we use is shown in the next table:
+</p>
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+  <th>Partition</th>
+  <th>Description</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <ti><path>/dev/sda1</path></ti>
+  <ti>Boot partition</ti>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <ti><path>/dev/sda2</path></ti>
+  <ti>Swap partition</ti>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <ti><path>/dev/sda3</path></ti>
+  <ti>Root partition</ti>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<p>
+Change your partition layout according to your own preference.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</subsection>
+<subsection>
+<title>Viewing the Current Partition Layout</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+The <c>parted</c> application is a somewhat more modern variant of
+<c>fdisk</c>. It offers a simpler interface for partitioning your disks and
+supports very large partitions (more than 2 TB). Fire up <c>parted</c> on your
+disk (in our example, we use <path>/dev/sda</path>):
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Starting parted">
+# <i>parted /dev/sda</i>
+GNU Parted 2.3
+Using /dev/vda
+Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+To find out about all options supported by <c>parted</c>, type <c>help</c> and
+press return. For now, we just continue by asking <c>parted</c> to show the
+partitions currently in use on the selected disk. The <c>print</c> command can
+be used for that.
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="An example partition configuration shown by parted">
+(parted) <i>print</i>
+Model: SCSI Block Device
+Disk /dev/sda: 21.5GB
+Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
+Partition Table: msdos
+
+Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system     Flags
+ 1      512B    2148MB  2148MB  primary  ext4
+ 2      2148MB  3222MB  1074MB  primary  linux-swap(v1)
+ 3      3222MB  21.5GB  18.3GB  primary                  lvm
+</pre>
+
+</body>
+</subsection>
+<subsection>
+<title>Optional: Setting the GPT Label</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+Most disks on x86/amd64 are prepared using an <e>msdos</e> label. However, if
+you plan on creating huge partitions (2 TB and more), you must use a <e>gpt</e>
+label (the <e>GUID Partition Type</e>) for your disk. Using <c>parted</c>, this
+can be accomplished with <c>mklabel gpt</c>:
+</p>
+
+<warn>
+Changing the partition type will remove all partitions from your disk. All data
+on the disk will be lost.
+</warn>
+
+<pre caption="Setting the GPT label">
+(parted) <i>mklabel gpt</i>
+</pre>
+
+</body>
+</subsection>
+<subsection>
+<title>Removing all Partitions</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+If this isn't done yet (for instance through the <c>mklabel</c> operation
+earlier, or because the disk is a freshly formatted one), we will first
+remove all existing partitions from the disk. Type <c>rm &lt;number&gt;</c>
+where &lt;number&gt; is the partition you want to remove.
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Removing a partition from the disk">
+(parted) <i>rm 2</i>
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+Do the same for all other partitions that you don't need. However, make sure you
+do not make any mistakes here - <c>parted</c> executes the changes immediate
+(unlike <c>fdisk</c> which stages them, allowing a user to "undo" his changes
+before saving or exiting <c>fdisk</c>).
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</subsection>
+<subsection>
+<title>Creating the Partitions</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+Now let's create the partitions we mentioned earlier. Creating partitions with
+<c>parted</c> isn't very difficult - all we need to do is inform <c>parted</c>
+about the following settings:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    The <e>partition type</e> to use. This usually is <e>primary</e> in case you
+    are not going to have more than 4 partitions (with the <e>msdos</e>
+    partition label). Otherwise, you will need to make your fourth partition an
+    <e>extended</e> one which hosts the rest of the disk, and create
+    <e>logical</e> partitions inside it. If you use a <e>gpt</e>-labeled
+    partition, then there is no limit on the number of primary partitions.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The <e>file system type</e> to use. The <c>parted</c> application supports
+    most common file systems and knows which kind of partition ID it needs to
+    use for these partitions. This does <e>not</e> mean that <c>parted</c> will
+    create a file system on the partition (you can with the <c>mkpartfs</c>
+    command, but we'll use the regular <c>mkfs.*</c> commands later for this
+    purpose). The partition ID is often used by auto-detection tools to know
+    what to do with a particular partition.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The start location of a partition (which can be expressed in MB or GB)
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    The end location of the partition (which can be expressed in MB or GB)
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+One advantage of <c>parted</c> is that you can easily just use the partition
+sizes to automatically find the correct start and end location as you will see
+in the next example.
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Creating the partitions">
+<comment># Create a 32 mbyte /boot partition</comment>
+(parted) <i>mkpart primary ext2 0 32mb</i>
+Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
+Ignore/Cancel? <i>i</i>
+
+<comment># Create a 512 mbyte swap partition</comment>
+(parted) <i>mkpart primary linux-swap 32mb 542mb</i>
+
+<comment># Create a partition that spans the remaining disk.
+# -1s (minus one s) means the end of the disk</comment>
+(parted) <i>mkpart primary ext4 542mb -1s</i>
+Warning: You requested a partition from 542MB to 21.5GB.
+The closest location we can manage is 542MB to 21.5GB.
+Is this still acceptable to you?
+Yes/No? <i>y</i>
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+You can now <c>print</c> the partition layout again to validate if everything is
+as expected. When you are satisfied, use the <c>quit</c> command to exit
+<c>parted</c>.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</subsection>
+</section>
 <section id="filesystems">
 <title>Creating Filesystems</title>
 <subsection>

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/04/06 07:52:47

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #464780 - Update miscalculation on partition size thanks to Peter Nepokroeff

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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	6 Apr 2013 07:52:47 -0000	1.22
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.21 2013/02/23 18:38:22 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.22 2013/04/06 07:52:47 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>14</version>
-<date>2013-02-23</date>
+<version>15</version>
+<date>2013-04-06</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -662,13 +662,13 @@
 Ignore/Cancel? <i>i</i>
 
 <comment># Create a 512 mbyte swap partition</comment>
-(parted) <i>mkpart primary linux-swap 32mb 542mb</i>
+(parted) <i>mkpart primary linux-swap 32mb 544mb</i>
 
 <comment># Create a partition that spans the remaining disk.
 # -1s (minus one s) means the end of the disk</comment>
-(parted) <i>mkpart primary ext4 542mb -1s</i>
-Warning: You requested a partition from 542MB to 21.5GB.
-The closest location we can manage is 542MB to 21.5GB.
+(parted) <i>mkpart primary ext4 544mb -1s</i>
+Warning: You requested a partition from 544MB to 21.5GB.
+The closest location we can manage is 544MB to 21.5GB.
 Is this still acceptable to you?
 Yes/No? <i>y</i>
 </pre>

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/04/11 18:25:12

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #465410 - Slightly misleading sentence in creating partition, thanks to Vladimir for reporting

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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	11 Apr 2013 18:25:12 -0000	1.23
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.22 2013/04/06 07:52:47 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.23 2013/04/11 18:25:12 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>15</version>
-<date>2013-04-06</date>
+<version>16</version>
+<date>2013-04-11</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 then <c>p</c> to select a primary partition, followed by <c>1</c> to select the
 first primary partition. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When
 prompted for the last cylinder, type <c>+32M</c> to create a partition 32 Mbyte
-in size and set its bootable flag:
+in size:
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Creating the boot partition">
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 <p>
 We need to make this partition bootable. Type <c>a</c> to toggle the bootable
 flag on a partition and select <c>1</c>. If you press <c>p</c> again, you will
-notice that an <path>*</path> is placed in the "Boot" column.
+notice that an <e>*</e> is placed in the "Boot" column.
 </p>
 
 </body>

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/17 09:10:19

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #445626 - Add info on swap space and possible sizing

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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	17 Dec 2013 09:10:19 -0000	1.24
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.23 2013/04/11 18:25:12 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.24 2013/12/17 09:10:19 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>16</version>
-<date>2013-04-11</date>
+<version>17</version>
+<date>2013-12-17</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 <tr>
   <ti><path>/dev/sda2</path></ti>
   <ti>(swap)</ti>
-  <ti>512M</ti>
+  <ti>512M or higher</ti>
   <ti>Swap partition</ti>
 </tr>
 <tr>
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@
 /dev/sda8     ext4   1011M  483M  477M  51% /opt
 /dev/sda9     ext4    2.0G  607M  1.3G  32% /var
 /dev/sda1     ext2     51M   17M   31M  36% /boot
-/dev/sda6     swap    516M   12M  504M   2% &lt;not mounted&gt;
-<comment>(Unpartitioned space for future usage: 2 GB)</comment>
+/dev/sda6     swap   1516M   12M  1.4G   1% &lt;not mounted&gt;
+<comment>(Unpartitioned space for future usage: 1 GB)</comment>
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -414,8 +414,29 @@
 partition, then <c>p</c> to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. Then 
 type <c>2</c> to create the second primary partition, <path>/dev/sda2</path> in
 our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for 
-the last cylinder, type <c>+512M</c> to create a partition 512MB in size. After
-you've done this, type <c>t</c> to set the partition type, <c>2</c> to select 
+the last cylinder, type <c>+512M</c> to create a partition 512MB in size.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+There is no perfect value for the swap partition. The purpose of swap space is
+to provide disk storage to the kernel when internal memory (RAM) is under
+pressure. A swap space allows for the kernel to move memory pages that are
+not likely to be accessed soon to disk (swap or page-out), freeing memory. Of
+course, if that memory is suddenly needed, these pages need to be put back in
+memory (page-in) which will take a while (as disks are very slow compared to
+internal memory).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you are not going to run memory intensive applications or you have lots of
+memory available, then you probably do not need much swap space. However, swap
+space is also used to store the entire memory in case of hibernation. If you
+plan on using hibernation, you will need a bigger swap space, often at least
+the amount of memory you have in your system.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+After you've done this, type <c>t</c> to set the partition type, <c>2</c> to select 
 the partition you just created and then type in <c>82</c> to set the partition 
 type to "Linux Swap". After completing these steps, typing <c>p</c> should
 display a partition table that looks similar to this:

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/17 09:13:22

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Move swap info to its own section

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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	17 Dec 2013 09:13:22 -0000	1.25
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.24 2013/12/17 09:10:19 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.25 2013/12/17 09:13:22 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>17</version>
+<version>18</version>
 <date>2013-12-17</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -214,6 +214,30 @@
 
 </body>
 </subsection>
+<subsection>
+<title>What about swap space?</title>
+<body>
+
+<p>
+There is no perfect value for the swap partition. The purpose of swap space is
+to provide disk storage to the kernel when internal memory (RAM) is under
+pressure. A swap space allows for the kernel to move memory pages that are
+not likely to be accessed soon to disk (swap or page-out), freeing memory. Of
+course, if that memory is suddenly needed, these pages need to be put back in
+memory (page-in) which will take a while (as disks are very slow compared to
+internal memory).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you are not going to run memory intensive applications or you have lots of
+memory available, then you probably do not need much swap space. However, swap
+space is also used to store the entire memory in case of hibernation. If you
+plan on using hibernation, you will need a bigger swap space, often at least
+the amount of memory you have in your system.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</subsection>
 </section>
 <section id="fdisk">
 <title>Using fdisk to Partition your Disk</title>
@@ -414,25 +438,8 @@
 partition, then <c>p</c> to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. Then 
 type <c>2</c> to create the second primary partition, <path>/dev/sda2</path> in
 our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for 
-the last cylinder, type <c>+512M</c> to create a partition 512MB in size.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-There is no perfect value for the swap partition. The purpose of swap space is
-to provide disk storage to the kernel when internal memory (RAM) is under
-pressure. A swap space allows for the kernel to move memory pages that are
-not likely to be accessed soon to disk (swap or page-out), freeing memory. Of
-course, if that memory is suddenly needed, these pages need to be put back in
-memory (page-in) which will take a while (as disks are very slow compared to
-internal memory).
-</p>
-
-<p>
-If you are not going to run memory intensive applications or you have lots of
-memory available, then you probably do not need much swap space. However, swap
-space is also used to store the entire memory in case of hibernation. If you
-plan on using hibernation, you will need a bigger swap space, often at least
-the amount of memory you have in your system.
+the last cylinder, type <c>+512M</c> (or any other size you need for the swap
+space) to create a partition 512MB in size.
 </p>
 
 <p>

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/17 09:26:33

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  fdisk now uses sectors, need to have initial sector at 2048 or later for GRUB2

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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.25 2013/12/17 09:13:22 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.26 2013/12/17 09:26:33 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>18</version>
+<version>19</version>
 <date>2013-12-17</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -389,8 +389,9 @@
 <p>
 We first create a small boot partition. Type <c>n</c> to create a new partition,
 then <c>p</c> to select a primary partition, followed by <c>1</c> to select the
-first primary partition. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When
-prompted for the last cylinder, type <c>+32M</c> to create a partition 32 Mbyte
+first primary partition. When prompted for the first sector, make sure it starts
+from <c>2048</c> (which is needed for the boot loader) and hit enter. When
+prompted for the last sector, type <c>+32M</c> to create a partition 32 Mbyte
 in size:
 </p>
 
@@ -401,9 +402,8 @@
   p   primary partition (1-4)
 <i>p</i>
 Partition number (1-4): <i>1</i>
-First cylinder (1-3876, default 1): <comment>(Hit Enter)</comment>
-Using default value 1
-Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-3876, default 3876): <i>+32M</i>
+First sector (64-10486533532, default 64): <i>2048</i>
+Last sector, +sectors +size{M,K,G} (4096-10486533532, default 10486533532): <i>+32M</i>
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@
 Let's now create the swap partition. To do this, type <c>n</c> to create a new 
 partition, then <c>p</c> to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. Then 
 type <c>2</c> to create the second primary partition, <path>/dev/sda2</path> in
-our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for 
-the last cylinder, type <c>+512M</c> (or any other size you need for the swap
+our case. When prompted for the first sector, hit enter. When prompted for 
+the last sector, type <c>+512M</c> (or any other size you need for the swap
 space) to create a partition 512MB in size.
 </p>
 
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@
 Finally, let's create the root partition. To do this, type <c>n</c> to create a 
 new partition, then <c>p</c> to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. 
 Then type <c>3</c> to create the third primary partition, <path>/dev/sda3</path>
-in our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for
-the last cylinder, hit enter to create a partition that takes up the rest of the
+in our case. When prompted for the first sector, hit enter. When prompted for
+the last sector, hit enter to create a partition that takes up the rest of the
 remaining space on your disk. After completing these steps, typing <c>p</c> 
 should display a partition table that looks similar to this:
 </p>

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/17 10:09:50

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix typo (bug #489782)

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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.27 2013/12/17 10:08:59 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.28 2013/12/17 10:09:49 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 
 <p>
 Do the same for all other partitions that you don't need. However, make sure you
-do not make any mistakes here - <c>parted</c> executes the changes immediate
+do not make any mistakes here - <c>parted</c> executes the changes immediately
 (unlike <c>fdisk</c> which stages them, allowing a user to "undo" his changes
 before saving or exiting <c>fdisk</c>).
 </p>

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/18 11:40:44

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix vda->sda typo

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 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.29 2013/12/18 10:13:54 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.30 2013/12/18 11:40:44 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>21</version>
+<version>22</version>
 <date>2013-12-18</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 <pre caption="Starting parted">
 # <i>parted -a optimal /dev/sda</i>
 GNU Parted 2.3
-Using /dev/vda
+Using /dev/sda
 Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
 </pre>
 

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/18 15:02:00

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Use GRUB2 naming consistently

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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.30 2013/12/18 11:40:44 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.31 2013/12/18 15:01:59 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>22</version>
+<version>23</version>
 <date>2013-12-18</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
 
 <p>
 A BIOS boot partition is a very small (1 to 2 MB) partition in which
-bootloaders like GRUB can put additional data that doesn't fit in the
+bootloaders like GRUB2 can put additional data that doesn't fit in the
 allocated storage (a few hundred bytes in case of MBR) and cannot place
 elsewhere.
 </p>
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@
 
 <p>
 For completeness, we can say that the BIOS boot partition is needed when
-GPT partition layout is used with GRUB, or when the MBR partition layout
-is used with GRUB when the first partition starts earlier than the 1 MB
+GPT partition layout is used with GRUB2, or when the MBR partition layout
+is used with GRUB2 when the first partition starts earlier than the 1 MB
 location on the disk.
 </p>
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-Now create a 2 MB partition that will be used by the GRUB bootloader later.
+Now create a 2 MB partition that will be used by the GRUB2 bootloader later.
 We use the <c>mkpart</c> command for this, and inform <c>parted</c> to start
 from 1 MB and end at 3 MB (creating a partition of 2 MB in size).
 </p>

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/19 13:33:34

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #494742 - Remove example df output as it still confuses users

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 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.31 2013/12/18 15:01:59 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.32 2013/12/19 13:33:33 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>23</version>
+<version>24</version>
 <date>2013-12-18</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -243,35 +243,6 @@
 labels.
 </p>
 
-<p>
-As an example partitioning, we show you one for a 20GB disk, used as a
-demonstration laptop (containing webserver, mailserver, gnome, ...):
-</p>
-
-<pre caption="Filesystem usage example">
-$ <i>df -h</i>
-Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
-/dev/sda5     ext4    509M  132M  351M  28% /
-/dev/sda2     ext4    5.0G  3.0G  1.8G  63% /home
-/dev/sda7     ext4    7.9G  6.2G  1.3G  83% /usr
-/dev/sda8     ext4   1011M  483M  477M  51% /opt
-/dev/sda9     ext4    2.0G  607M  1.3G  32% /var
-/dev/sda1     ext2     51M   17M   31M  36% /boot
-/dev/sda6     swap   1516M   12M  1.4G   1% &lt;not mounted&gt;
-<comment>(Unpartitioned space for future usage: 1 GB)</comment>
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-<path>/usr</path> is rather full (83% used) here, but once
-all software is installed, <path>/usr</path> doesn't tend to grow that much.
-Although allocating a few gigabytes of disk space for <path>/var</path> may
-seem excessive, remember that Portage uses this partition by default for
-compiling packages. If you want to keep <path>/var</path> at a more reasonable
-size, such as 1GB, you will need to alter your <c>PORTAGE_TMPDIR</c> variable
-in <path>/etc/portage/make.conf</path> to point to the partition with enough
-free space for compiling extremely large packages such as LibreOffice.
-</p>
-
 </body>
 </subsection>
 <subsection>

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/29 11:20:27

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #496338 - Correct instructions for bios boot partition (2M in size, not 32M). Thanks to "BT" for reporting.

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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	29 Dec 2013 11:20:26 -0000	1.34
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.33 2013/12/22 18:57:54 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.34 2013/12/29 11:20:26 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>25</version>
-<date>2013-12-22</date>
+<version>26</version>
+<date>2013-12-29</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
 partition, then <c>p</c> to select a primary partition, followed by <c>1</c> to
 select the first primary partition. When prompted for the first sector, make sure
 it starts from <c>2048</c> (which is needed for the boot loader) and hit enter. When
-prompted for the last sector, type <c>+32M</c> to create a partition 32 Mbyte
+prompted for the last sector, type <c>+2M</c> to create a partition 2 Mbyte
 in size:
 </p>
 

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/30 15:54:39

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #496482 - Second partition bootable, not first

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diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35
--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	29 Dec 2013 11:20:26 -0000	1.34
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	30 Dec 2013 15:54:39 -0000	1.35
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.34 2013/12/29 11:20:26 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.35 2013/12/30 15:54:39 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>26</version>
-<date>2013-12-29</date>
+<version>27</version>
+<date>2013-12-30</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
 
 <p>
 We need to make this partition bootable. Type <c>a</c> to toggle the bootable
-flag on a partition and select <c>1</c>. If you press <c>p</c> again, you will
+flag on a partition and select <c>2</c>. If you press <c>p</c> again, you will
 notice that an <e>*</e> is placed in the "Boot" column.
 </p>
 

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/31 20:33:00

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #496566 - Make size expressions non-limitative

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retrieving revision 1.35
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diff -u -r1.35 -r1.36
--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	30 Dec 2013 15:54:39 -0000	1.35
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:33:00 -0000	1.36
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.35 2013/12/30 15:54:39 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.36 2013/12/31 20:33:00 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>27</version>
-<date>2013-12-30</date>
+<version>28</version>
+<date>2013-12-31</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -439,10 +439,10 @@
     a partition <e>extended</e> and create <e>logical</e> partitions inside it.
   </li>
   <li>
-    The start location of a partition (which can be expressed in MB or GB)
+    The start location of a partition (which can be expressed in MB, GB, ...)
   </li>
   <li>
-    The end location of the partition (which can be expressed in MB or GB)
+    The end location of the partition (which can be expressed in MB, GB, ...)
   </li>
 </ul>
 

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/31 20:34:18

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #496570 - Correct caption

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Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
===================================================================
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retrieving revision 1.36
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diff -u -r1.36 -r1.37
--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:33:00 -0000	1.36
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:34:17 -0000	1.37
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.36 2013/12/31 20:33:00 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.37 2013/12/31 20:34:17 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>28</version>
+<version>29</version>
 <date>2013-12-31</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
 from 1 MB and end at 3 MB (creating a partition of 2 MB in size).
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="Creating a 128 MB partition">
+<pre caption="Creating a 2 MB partition">
 (parted) <i>mkpart primary 1 3</i>
 (parted) <i>name 1 grub</i>
 (parted) <i>set 1 bios_grub on</i>

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/31 20:37:40

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #496572 - Parted uses locations, not sizes

Revision  Changes    Path
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diff -u -r1.37 -r1.38
--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:34:17 -0000	1.37
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:37:40 -0000	1.38
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.37 2013/12/31 20:34:17 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.38 2013/12/31 20:37:40 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>29</version>
+<version>30</version>
 <date>2013-12-31</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 <p>
 Do the same for the boot partition (128 MB), swap partition (in the example,
 512 MB) and the root partition that spans the remaining disk (for which the
-end size is marked as <c>-1</c>, meaning the end of the disk minus one MB,
+end location is marked as <c>-1</c>, meaning the end of the disk minus one MB,
 which is the farthest a partition can go).
 </p>
 

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/31 20:43:07

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #496574 - Fix caption for BIOS boot partition

Revision  Changes    Path
1.39                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml

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Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
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diff -u -r1.38 -r1.39
--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:37:40 -0000	1.38
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:43:07 -0000	1.39
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.38 2013/12/31 20:37:40 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.39 2013/12/31 20:43:07 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>30</version>
+<version>31</version>
 <date>2013-12-31</date>
 
 <section>
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
 detect this partition as being available for its use.
 </note>
 
-<pre caption="Creating the boot partition">
+<pre caption="Creating the BIOS boot partition">
 Command (m for help): <i>n</i>
 Command action
   e   extended

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[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       14/01/23 19:43:16

  Modified:             hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #496564 - More truthful explanation of MBR and 32-bit stuff

Revision  Changes    Path
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml?rev=1.40&view=markup
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Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40
--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	31 Dec 2013 20:43:07 -0000	1.39
+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml	23 Jan 2014 19:43:16 -0000	1.40
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.39 2013/12/31 20:43:07 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.40 2014/01/23 19:43:16 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>31</version>
-<date>2013-12-31</date>
+<version>32</version>
+<date>2014-01-23</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 
 <p>
 The <e>MBR (Master Boot Record)</e> setup uses 32-bit identifiers for
-partitions, and supports three partition types: <e>primary</e>, 
+the start sector and length of the partitions, and supports three partition
+types: <e>primary</e>, 
 <e>extended</e> and <e>logical</e>. Primary partitions have their information
 stored in the master boot record itself - a very small (usually 512 bytes)
 location at the very beginning of a disk. Due to this small space, only four