Re: Doing a clean install doesn't work as it did before. Tried 8 times, but don't get results I am looking for??

On 10 Aug 2026 at 20:16, Marco Moock wrote:

Date sent:	Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:16:43 +0200
Subject:	Re: Doing a clean install doesn't work as it did before. Tried 8
	times, but don't get results I am looking for??
To:	[email protected]
From:	Marco Moock <[email protected]>
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> Am 10.08.26 um 19:36 schrieb Michael D. Setzer II via users:
> > Go a notebook with Windows 11, but windows says it doesn't meet
> > new specs for latest 11. i7 4 cores 8 threads 2.9G 256G sda.
> > Wiped the 11, and went to do clean install, but do not want btrfs.
> > Went thru a number of attempts. Latest one was close but lots of
> > steps. Attempt 8.
> > Get to the mount point step. Use to be select standard partitions,
> > and  it would give a layout and just excepting it was it.
> > Now it says to create
> > / root
> > /boot/efi/efi
> > /boot
> 
> Unless you use encryption for /, you do not need a separate /boot partition.
NOT USING btrfs, so think that needs a separate /boot from /root?

> 
> > Didn't mention /home  but did that.
> > / was about 80G
> > boot/efi/efi was .2G
> > /boot was 2G
> > and /home rest of 256G.
> > 
> > Install seemed to go OK,
> > but found that sda1 was starting at 34 instead of 2048?
> 
> Alignment. SSD or HDD?
> You can use gdisk in the terminal and see the first/last sector.

But had done the creatation under the installation options.
It said to creat /, /boot/efi/efi, and /boot. All done in the installation 
process. It is what put / starting at 34??



> 
> > used gparted to move over, but moved it to 4096, so then moved
> > back to 2048?
> 
> Do that when creating the partition, not after.
> 
Again, created the partition in the installer, and it is what put it to 
start at 34. Was fixing what it had done...


> 
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> Marco
> 
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