DVD Install And Custom Partitions - Revision history

Mcefan at 22:01, 19 October 2012

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	Usually, a LinuxMCE 710 DVD install will create a standard partitioning schema, where the harddisk is split into 3 areas		Usually, a LinuxMCE 710 DVD install will create a standard partitioning schema, where the harddisk is split into 3 areas

Marie.o at 18:13, 22 October 2011

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	Usually, a DVD install will create a standard partitioning schema, where the harddisk is split into 3 areas		Usually, a LinuxMCE 710 DVD install will create a standard partitioning schema, where the harddisk is split into 3 areas
	sda1 = / (everything except the last 12GB)		sda1 = / (everything except the last 12GB)
	sda5 = swap (2GB)		sda5 = swap (2GB)

Jayvee at 16:47, 9 August 2010

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	Done. A restart of your system with the LinuxMCE DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.		Done. A restart of your system with the LinuxMCE DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.
	Upon restarting, the AV Wizard and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected and you will be asked how do you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.		Upon restarting, the AV Wizard and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected and you will be asked how do you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.

			== Updates for 0810 beta ==
			If you like the partitioning process to be a bit more graphical, you can use the live-cd from Gparted [http://gparted.sourceforge.net/](free). Using this tool, set up the following partitions:
			LinuxMCE partition as type ext3, minimum 20 GB, primary (LinuxMCE is the label, if you use another one, change it in the instructions below as well)
			extended partition, 12 GB, extended
			Within the extended partition, create
			Linux Swap partition as type linux-swap, 2 GB, logical
			Linux rescue partition as type ext2, 10 GB, logical

			Next is marking the hard drive. Use the 0810 beta DVD to start kubuntu (without installing). From there, go to the console (you can find it via the "start" menu, it's a listed program there somewhere). First you need to go root (otherwise you won't be able to write on the partition you created). In the console, type
			sudo bash
			which will give you root priviliges.
			In the start menu, there's also a file manager somewhere. Open it, then open your LinuxMCE partition, which will cause it to be mounted. Then in the console, you type
			sudo mkdir /media/LinuxMCE/etc
			sudo touch /media/LinuxMCE/etc/pluto.conf
			If you now check via the file manager, there should be a directory "etc" in your LinuxMCE partition. In that directory, you should find the file "pluto.conf".
			Now restart with the 0810 beta DVD, this time choose to install LinuxMCE. When you come to "Prepare disk space", choose to go "manual". It will scan your partitions, show you a nice picture of them. For all prepared partitions, you will need to click and edit them.
			ext3: edit it to be used as "Ext3 journaling file system" and make sure the Mount point is "/".
			swap: edit it to be used as "swap area". No Mount point here.
			ext2: edit it to be used as "Ext2 file system" and the Mount point should be "/mnt/recovery".
			While I was at it, I also indicated the ext3 and ext2 to be formatted. Hey it's not as if there's anything important on them already and it can only help, right? I don't think it's necessary though, you can skip the formatting if you do already have information on those partitions.
			Then click forward and just follow the dialogs.

Ray N: /* Partition the disk */

2009-02-28T23:05:39Z

Partition the disk

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	== Partition the disk ==		== Partition the disk ==
	Before the real LinuxMCE installation, the hard disk needs to be partitioned and setup the way we want to. To do that, boot your computer (not an installation) with any Linux liveCD~~, or the LinuxMCE Installation DVD~~.		Before the real LinuxMCE installation, the hard disk needs to be partitioned and setup the way we want to. To do that, boot your computer (not an installation) with any Linux liveCD.
	After boot-up, press <ALT><F2> to get a command shell prompt.		After boot-up, press <ALT><F2> to get a command shell prompt.

Ray N: /* Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation */

2009-02-28T19:58:27Z

Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation

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	Now the partitioning is the way we like it.		Now the partitioning is the way we like it.

	== Marking The ~~HDD~~ As A LinuxMCE Installation ==		== Marking The Hard Drive As A LinuxMCE Installation ==
	LinuxMCE would repartition the hard disk now, if you would just start the DVD installer. We need fool LinuxMCE Installer into believing we already have a LinuxMCE installation. To do so we have to create a single file. If you are using the LMCE DVD, it has created the /media/target directory to use below, but if you are using another live CD/DVD, then you need to mount /dev/sda1 somewhere on your system to create the following files inside of the sda1 partition.		LinuxMCE would repartition the hard disk now, if you would just start the DVD installer. We need fool the LinuxMCE Installer into believing we already have a LinuxMCE installation. To do so we have to create a single file. If you are using the LMCE DVD, it has created the /media/target directory to use below, but if you are using another live CD/DVD, then you need to mount /dev/sda1 somewhere on your system to create the following files inside the sda1 partition.
	sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/target		sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/target
	sudo mkdir /media/target/etc		sudo mkdir /media/target/etc
	sudo touch /media/target/etc/pluto.conf		sudo touch /media/target/etc/pluto.conf
	Done. A restart of your system with the DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.		Done. A restart of your system with the LinuxMCE DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.
	Upon restarting, AV Wizard, and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected, and you will be asked, how you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.		Upon restarting, the AV Wizard and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected and you will be asked how do you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.

Ray N: /* Partition the disk */

2009-02-28T19:52:48Z

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	== Partition the disk ==		== Partition the disk ==
	Before the real installation, the hard disk needs to be partitioned and setup the way we want to. To do that, we boot with any ~~live CD~~, or the LinuxMCE Installation DVD. ~~I used the LinuxMCE installation DVD. Booting will present the menu, where we want to install LinuxMCE. We don't choose anything~~, ~~but~~ press <ALT><F2> to get a prompt.		Before the real LinuxMCE installation, the hard disk needs to be partitioned and setup the way we want to. To do that, boot your computer (not an installation) with any Linux liveCD, or the LinuxMCE Installation DVD.
			After boot-up, press <ALT><F2> to get a command shell prompt.

	Execute		Execute
	sudo fdisk /dev/xxxx		sudo fdisk /dev/xxxx
	where /dev/xxxx is the device you want to partition		where /dev/xxxx is the device you want to partition.

	Now use fdisk to create the partitions. The first partition should be big enough to hold LinuxMCE. I chose 80GB, to be on the ~~save~~ side. After that create an extended partition for the rest of the available disk space. Within the extended partition, first create a logical partition for the swap of say 2GB, then a logical partition for the rescue partition of 10GB. The rest of the space, you can partition to your liking. I ended up with this		Now use fdisk to create the partitions. The first partition should be big enough to hold LinuxMCE. I chose 80GB, to be on the safe side. After that, create an extended partition for the rest of the available disk space. Within the extended partition, first create a logical partition for the Linux swap space of say 2GB, then a logical partition for the rescue partition of 10GB. The rest of the space, you can partition to your liking. I ended up with this
	sda1 = / ~~80GB~~		sda1 = 80GB /
	sda5 = ~~swap~~ 2GB		sda5 = 2GB Linux Swap
	sda6 = /mnt/recovery ~~(10GB)~~		sda6 = 10GB /mnt/recovery
	sda7 = ~~rest (~~1.7xTB)		sda7 = 1.7xTB rest
	Instead of using fdisk you can use any other tool you might have. Just make sure to have partitions 1,5 and 6.		Instead of using fdisk you can use any other tool you might have. Just make sure to have partitions 1,5 and 6.
	After creating the partitions, the partitions need to be formatted.		After creating the partitions, the partitions need to be formatted.

Ray N at 19:38, 28 February 2009

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	sda6 = /mnt/recovery (10GB)		sda6 = /mnt/recovery (10GB)

	This setup caused a problem because the hard drive space available was 1.8TB. And the BIOS and/or grub had problems installing relevant files.		This setup caused a problem because the hard drive space available was 1.8TB. And the BIOS and/or grub had problems installing relevant files. The following steps are for people who want to install LinuxMCE with a custom partition scheme.

	== Partition the disk ==		== Partition the disk ==

Ray N at 19:36, 28 February 2009

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	sda6 = /mnt/recovery (10GB)		sda6 = /mnt/recovery (10GB)

	This setup caused a problem because the hard drive space available ~~where~~ 1.8TB. And the BIOS and/or grub had problems installing relevant files.		This setup caused a problem because the hard drive space available was 1.8TB. And the BIOS and/or grub had problems installing relevant files.

	== Partition the disk ==		== Partition the disk ==

Ray N: /* Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation */

2009-02-28T05:08:59Z

Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation

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	LinuxMCE would repartition the hard disk now, if you would just start the DVD installer. We need fool LinuxMCE Installer into believing we already have a LinuxMCE installation. To do so we have to create a single file. If you are using the LMCE DVD, it has created the /media/target directory to use below, but if you are using another live CD/DVD, then you need to mount /dev/sda1 somewhere on your system to create the following files inside of the sda1 partition.		LinuxMCE would repartition the hard disk now, if you would just start the DVD installer. We need fool LinuxMCE Installer into believing we already have a LinuxMCE installation. To do so we have to create a single file. If you are using the LMCE DVD, it has created the /media/target directory to use below, but if you are using another live CD/DVD, then you need to mount /dev/sda1 somewhere on your system to create the following files inside of the sda1 partition.
	sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/target		sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/target
	mkdir /media/target/etc		sudo mkdir /media/target/etc
	touch /media/target/etc/pluto.conf		sudo touch /media/target/etc/pluto.conf
	Done. A restart of your system with the DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.		Done. A restart of your system with the DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.
	Upon restarting, AV Wizard, and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected, and you will be asked, how you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.		Upon restarting, AV Wizard, and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected, and you will be asked, how you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.

Ray N: /* Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation */

2009-02-28T05:03:03Z

Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation

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	== Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation ==		== Marking The HDD As A LinuxMCE Installation ==
	LinuxMCE would repartition the hard disk now, if you would just start the DVD installer. We need fool LinuxMCE Installer into believing we already have a LinuxMCE installation. To do so we have to create a single file. If you are using the LMCE DVD, it has created the /media/target directory to use below, but if you are using another live CD/DVD, then you need to mount /dev/sda1 somewhere on your system to create the following files inside of the sda1 partition.		LinuxMCE would repartition the hard disk now, if you would just start the DVD installer. We need fool LinuxMCE Installer into believing we already have a LinuxMCE installation. To do so we have to create a single file. If you are using the LMCE DVD, it has created the /media/target directory to use below, but if you are using another live CD/DVD, then you need to mount /dev/sda1 somewhere on your system to create the following files inside of the sda1 partition.
	mount /dev/sda1 /media/target		sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/target
	mkdir /media/target/etc		mkdir /media/target/etc
	touch /media/target/etc/pluto.conf		touch /media/target/etc/pluto.conf
	Done. A restart of your system with the DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.		Done. A restart of your system with the DVD in the drive, and LinuxMCE installer will prompt you, if you want to keep your installation. I chose option 2, meaning just the home dir. LinuxMCE installer will now go ahead and install the new system, while preserving your partitions.
	Upon restarting, AV Wizard, and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected, and you will be asked, how you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.		Upon restarting, AV Wizard, and House Setup, all other partitions will be detected, and you will be asked, how you want to use them. Choose LinuxMCE directory structure, and everything is fine.