From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012EA1381F3 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:22:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B9A1E0B62; Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:22:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from internet.com.uy (correo.tecnet.com.uy [200.40.123.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2CD2E0B3E for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:22:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from acme7.acmenet (r190-134-40-222.dialup.adsl.anteldata.net.uy [190.134.40.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by correo.tecnet.com.uy (8.14.4/8.14.4/host-001) with ESMTP id r6ILMUkl027780 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:22:36 -0300 X-TN_STAT: 25 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:22:32 -0300 From: luis jure To: gentoo-user Subject: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration Message-ID: <20130718182232.5c1301ce@acme7.acmenet> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (correo.tecnet.com.uy [200.40.123.43]); Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:22:36 -0300 (UYT) X-Archives-Salt: 56658a57-9c33-4ba4-bc87-2e8bb7d118bb X-Archives-Hash: 8f6bd8a2dbcdb55b47ef16d160d8ee7f hello list, i want to migrate my system, currently in a HD, to a new SSD. i thought it would be easy, but i decided to read a little before partitioning the disk (my first SDD) and now i'm really confused... i intend to have only two partitions in the SSD: one for / and the other for /home. i have another HD for storage, where i'm going to put swap. apparently it's better to use a GPT partitioning. are there any catches i should take into account? what about grub, can i just install it later on the ssd? thanks for any comment or pointers, i found so many different "guides" saying different things that i'm really confused. best, lj