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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] new installation (ssd, new udev, grub2)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:25:51 -0400
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I am getting a new laptop from dell that will dual boot windows (in
case I need dell maintenance) and gentoo (real work).  I have done
this often, but there are three new aspects this time.

1.  ssd.
2.  new udev (/usr part of boot partition?)
3.  grub2.

My plan 1s to have / + /usr one partition and boot from it.  All else
(/tmp, /var, /home, /opt) would be lvm2.  dracut would not be used.

The laptop will have a 256GB ssd.  Can I partition it the same as I
would have for an hd?  Are there extra alignment considerations?

The gentoo-wiki page for grub2 mentions an "official article" for
grub2 (dev.gentoo.org/~scarabeus/grub-2-guide.xml) that
describes both mbr- and efi-based systems.  Using efi and gpt have
advantages but the configuration described involves an efi partition
/boot having a FAT format.  I was hoping to avoid dracut and have all
of / + /usr on the boot partition.  Does this mean I should use the
mbr-based installation?

Any other tips or sources to read?

Thanks in advance,
allan