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 A128113877A for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:49:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 16013E09CE; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD5C5E09C5 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:49:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9AD3340130 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:49:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.166 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.166 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.188, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.652, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DNCaJx2Ovidz for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:49:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0620434012B for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XQEUU-0004Lq-I7 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2014 13:49:14 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 06 Sep 2014 13:49:14 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 06 Sep 2014 13:49:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:49:02 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20140906030219.GR7971@syscon7> <20140906031059.GS7971@syscon7> <540AA690.1090905@fastmail.co.uk> <20140906104456.GA23438@syscon7> 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-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 SeaMonkey/2.26.1) X-Archives-Salt: 2d82b3b9-0d1e-4036-b7ed-583a1d4a169f X-Archives-Hash: 5af8a6a6c0a3e7897c53496a31ce9d3e Joseph gmail.com> writes: > Thank you for the information. > I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will > re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. Take some time to research and reflect on your needs (desires?) about which file system to use. (ext 2,4) is always popular and safe. Some are very happy with BTRFS and there are many other interesting choices (ZFS, XFS, etc etc)...... There is no best solution; but the EXT family offers tried and proven options. YMMV. hth, James