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Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Can't install ArchLinux on my new SSD (GPT partitionning related)

Hey,

Just got my Crucial m4 this morning, and I'm now trying to install Arch on it, without much sucess I have to say.
Following the wiki I think I was able to create a GPT partition table, and to create the partitions that I wanted (64m /boot ; 20g /root ; 40g /home) like in the following picture: http://ompldr.org/vYjBrZg/IMG_20111028_141113.jpg

I then formated my partition using:

mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

It went good I think, but then I came back to the Arch Linux installator (tty1), selected "Manually configure block devices, filesystems and mountpoints" and pressed "Yes" when it asked me if I want my filesystem to be (re)created like in this picture: http://ompldr.org/vYjBraA/IMG_20111028_141702.jpg

When I pressed "Done" none of my partition were sucessfully (re)created and I was forced to abort the install.

I think I sould not have said "Yes" when the installer asked me if I wanted my filesystems to be (re)created, but how can I fill partition's label, mount options (noatime,discard) and all that. Because if I reply "No" to this question, I can't do it :S

Hoping for a reply
Thanks a lot !

edacval

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From: .LT

Registered: 2008-10-23

Posts: 98

Re: Can't install ArchLinux on my new SSD (GPT partitionning related)

ext2 does not support "discard". So, right way is:

mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
tune2fs -o discard /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
tune2fs -o discard /dev/sda3

Last edited by edacval (2011-10-28 14:08:48)

Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Re: Can't install ArchLinux on my new SSD (GPT partitionning related)

Thanks edacval: I wasn't aware of this ext2 particularity.

However, it still didn't worked when I (re)created the filesystems through the ArchLinux Installator. In order to get it done, I had to not (re)create the filesystems when it asked me to, and to set the mount option (noatime,discard) later when editing the fstab, at the end of the install process

rogue

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Registered: 2011-08-03

Posts: 68

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Re: Can't install ArchLinux on my new SSD (GPT partitionning related)

edit: sorry I misread the above post. Lowra don't forget to mark this as solved!

Last edited by rogue (2011-11-07 15:05:32)