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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Many Thanks To Lennart, Bob, Giles and D.
Hugh,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>All very helpful. Lots to think about.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As a result of earlier advice from GTALUG members,
I have already prepared two (2) USB memory stcks with bootable images, for
verifying that the fresh PC build can indeed (at least): 1. boot System
Rescue and 2. do a standard Linux installation:</FONT></DIV>
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<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>System Rescue;</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>debian Linux install;</FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Once I get this new "baby" home, I'll start
tinkering to get a final HDD configuration and debian Linux
installation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks also for much useful information around
using VMs to run both Linux and Windows, elicited by Michael G. in thread
subject "[GTALUG] VM decisions for school laptop..".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>One poster remarked that I'm "overthinking" the
partitioning. So true. My Mother was a pathologically nit-picking
bookkeeper -- what can I say ?? This thoroughness heritage was both
the strength and the weakness of my IT career. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The unfortunate "overthinking" mental condition
has much improved during the slow slide, since retirement,
into old age (when mercifully, most of the brain cells for anxiety have
died off from overuse :) ...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kudos to GTALUG !!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Steve</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=talk@gtalug.org href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">Giles Orr via talk</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hugh@mimosa.com
href="mailto:hugh@mimosa.com">D. Hugh Redelmeier</A> ; <A
title=talk@gtalug.org href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">GTALUG Talk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 11, 2018 7:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GTALUG] New Desktop PC --
debian Linux - Proposed 2 TB HDDPartitioning; </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>On 11 April 2018 at 23:02, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org"
target=_blank>talk@gtalug.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>| From: Giles Orr via talk <<A
href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">talk@gtalug.org</A>><BR><SPAN>| These
days it<BR>| seems you want a /boot partition though - but I'm not the one
to explain<BR>| the ins and outs of that.<BR><BR></SPAN>I've not seen a use
for a /boot partition.<BR><BR>With UEFI booting, you need a separate EFI
System Partition. This<BR>will be shared by all systems that boot off
that drive. This gets<BR>mounted on the mount point /boot/efi.
It will be some variant of FAT<BR>but the partition type will be
distinct.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra>To correct my own post based on what Hugh said ... I
was both right and horribly wrong about that. I was entirely correct
"I'm not the one to explain [this]." And horribly wrong: what you
usually want is what Hugh said: an EFI System Partition. I'd conflated
that with a /boot/ partition because it appears there. My apologies.<BR
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<DIV class=gmail_extra><BR>-- <BR>
<DIV class=gmail_signature data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Giles<BR><A
href="https://www.gilesorr.com/"
target=_blank>https://www.gilesorr.com/</A><BR><A
href="mailto:gilesorr@gmail.com"
target=_blank>gilesorr@gmail.com</A></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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