[gentoo-user] [OT] Xandros, EEE which partition to chroot

[gentoo-user] [OT] Xandros, EEE which partition to chroot

[maxim wexler]

Hi group,

Before I can install gentoo on my 4G SSHD EEE 900A, I need to know what partition to use to chroot to.

There are four partitions on the SSHD, sda1,2,3,4. sda1 is formatted ext2 and is the largest and contains the file system. sda2 is slightly smaller, formatted ext3 and also has a file system on it, but with fewer files. sda3 is very small, formatted fat32, and is empty. sda4 is formatted fat16, and is empty(I think, I wasn't able to mount it).

Why do sda1 and sda2 have virtually the same files on them and why is one formatted ext2 and the other ext3?

What is the purpose of the fat partitions?

What partitions, size, format etc do list members recommend. 

I asked this question on the eee forum but got no answer.

Maxim


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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Xandros, EEE which partition to chroot

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:22:46 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote:

> There are four partitions on the SSHD, sda1,2,3,4. sda1 is formatted
> ext2 and is the largest and contains the file system. sda2 is slightly
> smaller, formatted ext3 and also has a file system on it, but with
> fewer files. sda3 is very small, formatted fat32, and is empty. sda4 is
> formatted fat16, and is empty(I think, I wasn't able to mount it).
> 
> Why do sda1 and sda2 have virtually the same files on them and why is
> one formatted ext2 and the other ext3?

sda1 and sda2 are combined as a Unionfs filesystem, one contains the base
install and the other is writeable for changes. That's why the restore
boot option is so fast, it just reformats the overlaid filesystem.

There isn't room to install Gentoo alongside Xandros on a 4GB Eee. Either
install Gentoo to an SD card for now or bite the bullet and wipe Xandros
before installation.


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Neil Bothwick

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Xandros, EEE which partition to chroot

[maxim wexler]

> There isn't room to install Gentoo alongside Xandros on a
> 4GB Eee. Either
> install Gentoo to an SD card for now or bite the bullet and
> wipe Xandros
> before installation.

I was hoping to use your suggestion(unless I misunderstood): Boot with eeexubuntu from a USB and use its tools to install gentoo on the SSHD. I'd like to install a stripped down version of gentoo: no gimp, office, kde...nothing I can't run on my home PC that can get by on a slow dialup. 

It all depends on the wifi capabilities of eeexubuntu which I plan to take for a test drive after Easter. Xandros, for all its faults, has wifi that works out-of-the-box.

mw


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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Xandros, EEE which partition to chroot

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:49:46 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote:

> I was hoping to use your suggestion(unless I misunderstood): Boot with
> eeexubuntu from a USB and use its tools to install gentoo on the SSHD.

That's not what I did, I installed eeexubuntu then installed Gentoo while
running that, but I have 20GB of SSD storage.


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