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See the original on ServerFault . Long story short, I have tried multiple times and have no clue what I am doing wrong. Any thoughts? All I wanted to do is create the partitions on my MBP 6,2 before starting the installer, since it has a GPT disk the usual suspect cannot use it (so says the Arch installer). So, I want to create the /boot partition for the obvious, and a nice big LVM to make my life easier. Problem is, even when crafting partition with bytes as the unit, I run into trouble running partitions right next to each other. If I do other units, I actually get a couple of MB's of space in between them. Is that normal? I checked a Fedora and Debian VM, and I saw there is no space, and they align right up next to each other. Am I doing something wrong here? I tried asking on #archlinux, but no one had a hint after 48 hours, so I thought I move here. And yes, I could use GParted. But hey, I came to Arch to learn to do things the hard way and get to know Linux better, not play with GUI utilities (as much as they were a crutch in the past). Thanks in advance.
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Use archboot ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/archboot/ and GPT fdisk (extra/gdisk package -already available in Archboot). Use parted --align optimal option to create 1 MB aligned partitions which is ideal for any sector size. Arch's official iso does not support GPT and Arch's GRUB legacy also does not support GPT. See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GUI … tion_Table .
The reason you are seeing gaps between partitions is because the partitioning program uses cylinder alignment. Do not use normal fdisk in GPT drives.
My new forum user/nick name is "the.ridikulus.rat" .
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