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When using mkfs to format them, I used the same text for the label. I copied and pasted the entire Terminal text so I have a reference in the future. I deleted the two partitions and used gdisk to create and "name" them using relative +128M for the start when creating the second partition. The above "placed there automatically I thought" was my understanding of your thread too because it was there for you to restore, but you didn't mention having previously saved it. I've just finished reading the thread again because the backup is the next bit I want to do. I need to change the "name" to something more meaningful (I didn't know what I was doing) but when loaded in PCLOS, the "label" is good (the label is not output though). Here's the current result - all the MS stuff has gone. My next question is - has anyone saved a Clonezilla partition image on a GPT drive? I realise now that I SHOULD have tested saving a Clonezilla backup before deleting anything, but stuff happens. The destination USB drive was mounted in the usual way but I exited without saving anything. To make sure I'm really not losing the plot about using Clonezilla, I restarted with the same Clonezilla USB stick and went through the initial stages of creating a partition backup to the USB drive my husband and I share - it is formatted NTFS, has no partitions and is used solely for his Win7 and my MATE-64, MATE-32 and WinXP images (it is not GPT). but Clonezilla did not mount the GPT partitions either time. The gdisk output looked OK to me, so I shut the laptop down and tried twice to save a Clonezilla partition image to the new drive. Then I used gParted to format, name and label the partitions.
So I used gdisk to create two partitions (using 0700 for NTFS) and they were created at the beginning of the drive. I have no idea what I did wrong, but the new partition was created at the END of the drive - oops! So I deleted it. I used gParted to delete the partitions and create a new GPT partition table, then created one partition. Partition name: 'Microsoft reserved partition'
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Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Nameġ 34 262177 128.0 MiB 0C01 Microsoft reserved.
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Total free space is 3692 sectors (1.8 MiB) Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
The following is a quote from "Partitioning Advice" įound valid GPT with protective MBR using GPT.ĭisk /dev/sdc: 7814037167 sectors, 3.6 TiBĭisk identifier (GUID): E59A2971-2442-4633-B606-FBE635400C03įirst usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 7814037133 The most confusing is about the "+128M" gaps. I've read most of the rodsbooks pages and much of it is goobledegook to me. I assume that whatever you advise me to do will also delete the pre-installed files (icon, setup.exe etc), but if not, can I delete them manually?
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Should the first partition be a Linux swap type ready for if/when I install PCLOS on it, OR can a swap partition be created later? I'd prefer the latter but it's not a deal breaker with this available space!Ħ. Am I right to assume the default gdisk partition type "0700 Microsoft basic data" is NTFS (not Fat) type?ĥ. I think I understand that each GPT partition has a unique GUID, but is the gdisk "name" equivalent to the fdisk "label"? I'd like to use short, meaningful names with no spaces.Ĥ. How do I rename it to remove the awful "Seagate Expansion Drive"?ģ. Should it "start" at 63? I thought a modern setup should start at 2048?Ģ. I'm rubbish at any of this and my first questions are:ġ. I knew GPT would puzzle me - and it does! I don't have much of a plan, but the general outline is:Ī) The main use will be data backup, but I might decide to install PCLOS on it one day.ī) I want to create two partitions for Clonezilla and VirtualBox backups but leave the rest UNpartitioned until required (or know what I'm doing ).Ĭ) Backup the GPT partition table in case it all goes to kack mentioned in "GPT Partition Recovery" Having its own power supply was my primary requirement but I wasn't fussed about the make or model (I was hoping for a faster response than the external USB powered drive I'm currently using. I wanted a larger backup drive, it was half price, so I bought it.