<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14383" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14510">I would just boot a live CD and use Gparted or KDE Partition Manager to partition and format the drives.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14383" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14383" dir="ltr"><span>James</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14443"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14451" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14450"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14449"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14448"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14452"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14583"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Christopher Howard <christopher@alaskasi.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "AKLUG@aklug.org" <AKLUG@aklug.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 3, 2017 9:24 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [aklug] basic paritioning / bootloader guidance<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14453"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14549">Hi, I'm trying to install libreCMC on an amd64 box (LEDE, Gnu/Linux<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14550">based) and this isn't really covered by the documentation (I'll<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14598">probably have to write it). I've built myself a kernel and the tar.gz<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14599">containing the root fs, but I need to create the boot/root partitions<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14600">and install Grub, which are things I haven't done for a few years. (I<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14601">think libreCMC also built some grub .cfg files for me, though not sure<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14602">if I can use those unmodified.)<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14603"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14604">I remember how to use the "fdisk" program, but I think my spotty MBR<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14605">knowledge is behind the times...? I should be learning about GPT,<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14606">yes...? Are there some more tools I should be learning about to make<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14607">this easier?<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14608"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14609">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14610">Christopher Howard<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509753368114_14611">Enterprise Solutions Manager<br></div><div dir="ltr">Alaska Satellite Internet<br></div><div dir="ltr">3239 La Ree Way<br></div><div dir="ltr">Fairbanks, Alaska 99709<br></div><div dir="ltr">1-888-396-5623<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://alaskasatelliteinternet.com/" target="_blank">https://alaskasatelliteinternet.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">personal web site: <a href="https://qlfiles.net/" target="_blank">https://qlfiles.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/" target="_blank">https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>aklug mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:aklug@aklug.org" href="mailto:aklug@aklug.org">aklug@aklug.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.aklug.org/mailman/listinfo/aklug" target="_blank">https://lists.aklug.org/mailman/listinfo/aklug</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>