Manual partitioning - flags & mountpoints in Calamares for Gecko
by pavllvap from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5JDMQ)
Beginner wishing to 'improve' existing install on external ssd.
Currently have an EFI 512MB for Boot and all else on 70GB ext4.
500GB evo860 with remainder as NTFS for data.
After reading many opinions ......
Would like advice for manual partitioning via Calamares of a Static Gecko Leap 15.2
Not sure of correct flags and mount points.
My suggestion is ...
sda1 - 512MB - Fat32 - mount at "/boot/efi" with flag "esp" and ?
sda2 - 35GB - BtrFS - mount at "/" with flags ?
sda3 - someGB - xfs - mount at "/home" with flag "/home"
Dell laptop Win10p on internal nvme but Gecko will be on an external ssd and booted from bios bootlist (my preference).
Wish to use LEMP, Laravel etc for learning and basic web development with an SQL database ... so is 35GB enough ? No video/music/large file operations.
And would like to be able to periodically 'image' or otherwise backup the OS system separately from the data partition and would welcome advice on TimeShift or alternatives. Currently use Macrium for Windows.
Currently have an EFI 512MB for Boot and all else on 70GB ext4.
500GB evo860 with remainder as NTFS for data.
After reading many opinions ......
Would like advice for manual partitioning via Calamares of a Static Gecko Leap 15.2
Not sure of correct flags and mount points.
My suggestion is ...
sda1 - 512MB - Fat32 - mount at "/boot/efi" with flag "esp" and ?
sda2 - 35GB - BtrFS - mount at "/" with flags ?
sda3 - someGB - xfs - mount at "/home" with flag "/home"
Dell laptop Win10p on internal nvme but Gecko will be on an external ssd and booted from bios bootlist (my preference).
Wish to use LEMP, Laravel etc for learning and basic web development with an SQL database ... so is 35GB enough ? No video/music/large file operations.
And would like to be able to periodically 'image' or otherwise backup the OS system separately from the data partition and would welcome advice on TimeShift or alternatives. Currently use Macrium for Windows.