How did you partition your disk before installing Linux? Do you regret how you set it up?

I’m looking for some real users experiences about this and I’m trying to find the best approach for my setup.

Thank you for sharing!

  • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    14 days ago

    I just use the automatic thingy on my distro so like:

    • Esp: 2GB (Limine + btrfs snapshot booting)
    • root: all the drive
  • tlex@lemmit.ro
    0·
    14 days ago

    I enjoy the way OpenSuse Tumbleweed set it up:

    Laptop:

    NAME                                   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1                                259:0    0 476.9G  0 disk  
├─nvme0n1p1                            259:1    0     1G  0 part  /boot/efi
└─nvme0n1p2                            259:2    0 475.9G  0 part  
  └─cr_nvme-eui.044a5011215f41f7-part2 254:0    0 475.9G  0 crypt 
    ├─system-root                      254:1    0   168G  0 lvm   /var
    │                                                             /usr/local
    │                                                             /srv
    │                                                             /root
    │                                                             /opt
    │                                                             /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi
    │                                                             /boot/grub2/i386-pc
    │                                                             /.snapshots
    │                                                             /
    ├─system-swap                      254:2    0     2G  0 lvm   [SWAP]
    └─system-home                      254:3    0 305.9G  0 lvm   /home
$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 476.94 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
Disk model: UMIS RPIRJ512VME2OWD
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt

Device           Start        End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1    2048    2099199   2097152     1G EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 2099200 1000215182 998115983 475.9G Linux LVM

    Desktop:

    NAME              MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1           259:0    0 931.5G  0 disk  
├─nvme0n1p1       259:1    0   512M  0 part  /boot/efi
└─nvme0n1p2       259:2    0   931G  0 part  
  └─cr-auto-1     254:1    0   931G  0 crypt 
    ├─system-root 254:2    0   610G  0 lvm   /var
    │                                        /usr/local
    │                                        /root
    │                                        /srv
    │                                        /opt
    │                                        /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi
    │                                        /boot/grub2/i386-pc
    │                                        /.snapshots
    │                                        /
    ├─system-swap 254:3    0  62.5G  0 lvm   [SWAP]
    └─system-home 254:4    0   1.2T  0 lvm   /home
nvme1n1           259:3    0 931.5G  0 disk  
└─nvme1n1p1       259:4    0 931.5G  0 part  
  └─cr-auto-2     254:0    0 931.5G  0 crypt 
    └─system-home 254:4    0   1.2T  0 lvm   /home
$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/nvme?n1
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB                  
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt

Device           Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1    2048    1050623    1048576  512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 1953525134 1952474511  931G Linux LVM


Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB                  
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt

Device         Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme1n1p1  2048 1953525134 1953523087 931.5G Linux LVM
    • HorreC@lemmy.world
      0·
      13 days ago

      what command did you use to get that tree view, I thought it was a df flag but its not.

      • tlex@lemmit.ro
        0·
        13 days ago

        Oh I didn’t notice I didn’t include the command (twice!).

        It’s lsblk without any arguments.

        • HorreC@lemmy.world
          1·
          13 days ago

          Thank you. Odd it doesnt show network attached storage (I was going to use this method to show my partitions but I have like 3 NFS drives I use for personal, med, and long term storage)

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
    0·
    13 days ago

    I setup a media PC with an SSD for boot / OS and spinning rust for the videos, music, etc.

    So, I thought LVM would be a good idea… put the whole lot into a logical pool and then carve out large parts for the media which could be adjusted in the future.

    No.

    Resizing actually just chops up the drives even more (so, partition fragmentation)

    Gparted can’t see it, so adjustments are terrible CLI commands

    And my favourite system backup tool (clonezilla) cant backup the OS without backing up the entire system.

  • AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee
    01·
    13 days ago

    I used to split my drive in half to dual boot. But I’ve never booted back into windows since installing Linux Mint.

    Should have just wiped the drive and installed Linux

    • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      I set up a dual boot over the winter, I’ve gone back to windows maybe 3 times at most.

      I’ll still keep it around in case I ever decide to dabble in games that use rootkit anticheat (though since quitting destiny 2 I don’t see that happening lmao) and for other very occasional utility, but I’m definitely thinking of shrinking that partition even further