[tde-users] Re: Partitioning advice sought

said Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users: | LOL ... i bite my tongue to not point out the obvious LVM problem :) | | Nowadays with SSDs it's quite pointless to use extensive partitioning | schemes - that is, if you are not on OpenBSD. I'll not be using a LVM. I'm sure that LVMs are of use in some circumstance, and I'm happy for those who aresatisfied with them. Maybe I was unclear in my question. No, I'm sure I was. I'm installing a 16tb spinning disk drive. it will be the only hard drive in the machine. It is the only boot drive of that size I've ever installed. Due to its size, I apparently need to set it up in a way that I've not had to deal with before. As I understand it, due to UEFI being necessary for a drive of this size, there are some necessary partitioning tricks. It might be that the Debian install handles this without any intervention on my part. Or it could be that I'll need to set it up ahead of time. So my question was and is: what partitions will I need, must they come in any particular order and/or format, and if so, what should that be? This is before I get to partitioning the drive for the usual things. I realize that this is entirely OT, but this list has a history of being a wealth of knowledge and people willing to share that knowledge. My plan is to change nothing but the Linux distribution and the drive underneath it. Thanks. -- dep Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/