Acer Cloudbook

brada · 2023-11-30 18:03:11

I have an Acer Cloudbook on which I'd like to install Arch. Concerning the partition setup, the guide says I "can" ignore mmcblkboot0 & mmcblkboot1, but must I ignore them? Or can I safely delete these partitions as well and start fresh?

Thanks in advance

seth · 2023-11-30 18:41:35

the guide says I "can" ignore mmcblkboot0 & mmcblkboot1

Which guide says that where?

brada · 2023-11-30 21:15:31

Thanks Seth,

Section 1.9 of the installation guide says:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … _the_disks

"Results ending in rom, loop or airoot may be ignored. mmcblk* devices ending in rpbm, boot0 and boot1 can be ignored. "

Which I guess means they can't be used to install the system but I am wondering if they are needed or if they can be deleted?

Currently I have Mint installed. I'd like to wipe the whole thing clean and start over but I'm not sure if I should delete mmcblkboot0 &1. This is the output of lsblk:

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0 179:0 0 29.1G 0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
├─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 27.1G 0 part /
└─mmcblk0p3 179:3 0 1M 0 part
mmcblk0boot0 179:256 0 4M 1 disk
mmcblk0boot1 179:512 0 4M 1 disk

Thanks again

Last edited by brada (2023-11-30 21:18:29)

seth · 2023-12-01 08:26:10

The show up as devices, not partitions and are 4MB each, probably containing some firmware.

You cannot delete that because it's not a partition and while I assume they're not writeable anyway, I'd leave them alone but if I had very specific reasons not to do so for the specific device.

brada · 2023-12-01 17:12:17

Ok I see that now- type=disk. I thought that might be the case. Thanks for your help!

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